so what window manager do you use?

pablolo · n00b Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 45

I can't decide on what window manager to use so I was hoping you guys could give me some tips.

I'm looking at enlightenment right now... looks good but I'm a bit reluctant because it's old and I think is not updated much so I might get out of date...

My other choice is fvwm.. looks great also!

Anyone who used both WM's who could give me some basic comparisons? Any problems you encountered...

Thanks a lot. any input would be highly appreciated

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nightm4re · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:44 pm Post subject:

Seriously, all that's going to come out of this thread are whatever WMs the people who see the thread use. What WM you use shouldn't be based on a popular opinion, it should be whatever works best/looks best/whatever to you. Just install it, learn about it, install something else, learn about that. My opinion != your opinion.

All that being said, try openbox

haha, jk.
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jods · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject:

If you have enough time for customizations, you should go for fvwm. It gives you the freedom to do what you want it to do

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COiN3D · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject:

I'm the same opinion like JRV. I would say Enlightenment is just the right mix between configurability, comfort and lightweightness (strange word, dunno if I wrote it right

) Nevertheless, it look's awesome. With comfort I mean things like window-remembering. If you want a window to get borderless, you simply right click on the title and make it borderless. And you can also remember the state of your windows. That's just great!
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patm1987 · n00b Joined: 16 Aug 2003 Posts: 22

I rotate, my current rotation seems to be now e17 - fluxbox - fvwm - e17 -xfce as I have gone through that exact loop several times

I like e17 for all the animations and stuff, plus it's fun helping a de at such an early stage
Fluxbox is awesome with xcomposite, even better than e16.8
Fvwm I set up just the way I want a wm to be, almost, no graphical effects and my lazyness usually make me leave it
Xfce, which I'm using right now, It looks nice, it get's it's colors from the gtk theme, so the border is blended with my window, I have xcomposite so it still has all the cool effects.

I'll prolly switch back to e17 within a week, it changes so often.

pablolo · n00b Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 45

Thanks for your input fellows... I just wanted to know what people like about the different WM's...

another question thoug, I'm trying enlightenment 16... what file manager do you guys prefer? I think it's possible to call kde & gnome apps in enlightenment (is this correct?) but I don't have kde or gnome installed...

jods · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject:

try rox-filer as the file manager

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Frodg · l33t Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 761

Fluxbox is awesome... but very light if you want the features of KDE or Gnome.........
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thechris · Veteran Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 1203

KDE. honestly i don't need the lightweight WMs, as i have enough memory and a fast enough processor.

KDE has a lot of config tools as well. even if they aren't arranged in an always logical way, they at least exist. Many non-KDE apps are configurable by KDE. like samba and XKB.

I have a minimalist-like KDE environment. its set up much like fluxbox or XFCE. It works out perfect for me.

especially now that i have my truely impressive vivid backgrounds... i'm proud of them, but can't upload them anywhere... oh well.
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Freanan · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:31 am Post subject:

Ratpoison (On my knoppix hdd install - none at all on gentoo yet).
I like the way i can do everything with few keyboard strokes, it's leightweightness and the small dependencies. I hate that it hangs when i switch between frames on rare occasions though. When i need gimp (once a year) i start fluxbox.

Maedhros · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:

Please see https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-132201.html, or any of a hundred other threads scattered around...

Moved from Desktop Environments.
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