Re: Window managers-which one?

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:57:44AM -0800, Jason Dunsmore wrote:
On 10/31/06, Jeronimo Pellegrini <pellegrini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
Since getting into Debian I've progressed down the scale (of bloat) from
KDE to Xfce to Enlightenment to Fluxbox. I'm very happy now but guess I
may get bored and try something else but fluxbox is lean mean but pretty
functional.

I went pretty much the same way, but then one day I thought fluxbox was
kind of slow to draw menus etc... And I found openbox! It's fast, looks
just like fluxbox, except that it doesn't have the extra fluff. :-)
You may want to give it a try.


I was a long time fluxbox user, but I didn't really like the task bar.

Yes! Neither did I.
And my openbox doesn't show one (it's optional). :-)

I'd rather use something like WindowMaker, which manages windows more
like a Mac. I used WindowMaker for a while, but it didn't work well
with all programs. I finally found Enlightenment (pun intended).
It's very stable and has just enough fluff, in the form of user
feedback, so that it has a more solid feel than Fluxbox.

I've found Enlightenment too bloated... But that's a matter of taste,
so... :-)

J.


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