From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 22 15:40:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E9FD10656C5 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:40:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weif@cjones.org) Received: from maxine.cjones.org (chris.static.MT.net [206.127.66.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 488D28FC15 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:40:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weif@cjones.org) Received: by maxine.cjones.org (Postfix, from userid 1003) id C8041A18B0; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:40:32 -0600 (MDT) From: Keith Seyffarth To: Neal Hogan In-reply-to: (message from Neal Hogan on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:38:51 -0500) References: <20090313154130.3D96EA26DB@maxine.cjones.org> <20090314043421.12C61A24F7@maxine.cjones.org> <49BB4762.7020405@a1poweruser.com> <20090314064658.1F188A25F3@maxine.cjones.org> <49BB57EF.2060303@a1poweruser.com> <20090314214353.54DFEA2786@maxine.cjones.org> <20090315160652.AB8A0A27F4@maxine.cjones.org> <20090320071537.31022A1F0B@maxine.cjones.org> Message-Id: <20090322154032.C8041A18B0@maxine.cjones.org> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:40:32 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issues in XFCE 4.6 (looking for a working WM) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: weif@weif.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:40:34 -0000 > Try a smaller one, like evilwm. It's (pretty much) all command line. For > example, you would open up a term and launch firefox from there (# firefox). > Once you get the hang of its keybindings, which are vi-like, it's fun and > easy. It's also compatible with aterm, which will give you transparent > terminals (if that's something that interests you). > > Also, I highly recommend that you check out http://xwinman.org. I found it > to be fun and informative to peruse the list of wm's there. Thanks for the link. http://xwinman.org is pretty cool. I'm currently playing with fluxbox, and that seems to be working pretty well.