Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 03:29:59 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: mstark1@cfl.rr.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best X Windows Manager for Newbies Message-ID: <20010918032959.A1824@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <200109180156.f8I1uUQ18836@smtp-server3.tampabay.rr.com>; from mstark1@cfl.rr.com on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:56:30PM %2B0000 References: <200109180156.f8I1uUQ18836@smtp-server3.tampabay.rr.com>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Sep 17 17:56 -0400,
sent by mstark1@cfl.rr.com
>
> I just started using FreeBSD and am currently running GNOME with Enlightenment
> as a window manager and I find it to be a bit complex coming from a Windoze and
> BeOS environment. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what would be a good
> window manager for a newbie? I have heard that KDE is pretty simple but I also
> heard that it is a resource hog. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
well, after windowmaker, sawfish, xfce, icewm had been mentioned, let
me add 3-4 more: blackbox, fvwm2 (fvwm1 has been officially abandoned),
vtwm, and tvtwm.
more or less, all are small programs (physically) (i am counting only
those fvwm modules that i use: FvwmAuto & FvwmPager) and have same
memory signature: about 2400KB w/ half dozen programs & 4x2 (col x rows)
pager. all have concept of virtual pages/desktops. also, all have visual
pager and keyboard binding facilities of some sort.
fvwm2, and t/vtwm are of twm family. fvwm2 generally has more goodies
("goodstuff") and can be configured to minimalist appearances of
t/vtwm. unlike tvtwm, vtwm has 3-dish look to it. otherwise, tvtwm
& vtwm are quite similar. (for some reason vtwm seems to crash
for me.) besides appearances, fvwm2 is the most easily configurable wm
as far as keyboard control goes.
blackbox is different in appearances. especially that it has a
"taskbar"... one good thing is no external clock program (rclock)
needed. however, it needs external program for key binding, bbkeys,
and for pager, bbpager.
for more info on wms, see...
http://www.xwinman.org/
--
so, do you like word games or scrabble?
- parv
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