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fluxbox is a nice, lightweight, usable WM :) |
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Alex Alexander || wired |
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Gentoo QT && KDE Herd Tester |
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http://www.linuxized.com |
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:53, Mark Knecht<markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> A discussion on another list made me realize I'm a little tired of |
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> Gnome. It does what I need, mostly, but it feels sort of old and dry. |
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> I haven't run KDE in years but I'm hesitant to build it and keep it up |
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> to date. I really think I'd like something more minimalistic. I ran |
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> fluxbox years ago and liked that it was small and fast but at the time |
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> getting to apps was a hand-crafted menu editing task that I'd rather |
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> not repeat today. |
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> QUESTION: Is there something small, fast but also easy to use in |
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> terms of the environment automatically creating menus when apps are |
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> added or removed with emerge? |
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> From a pure-fun standpoint something 3D might be fun, but I don't |
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> need it and expect that my old ATI Radeon X300 card probably isn't up |
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> to the task anyway. |
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> How do others choose a window manager and what do you value in your |
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> window manager that makes you stick with it? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Mark |
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> lightning ~ # eix | grep x11-wm |
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> * x11-wm/aewm++ |
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> * x11-wm/aewm++-goodies |
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> * x11-wm/aewm |
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> * x11-wm/afterstep |
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> * x11-wm/amiwm |
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> * x11-wm/awesome |
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> * x11-wm/blackbox |
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> * x11-wm/compiz |
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> * x11-wm/compiz-fusion |
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> * x11-wm/ctwm |
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> * x11-wm/dwm |
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> * x11-wm/echinus |
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> * x11-wm/emerald |
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> * x11-wm/enlightenment |
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> * x11-wm/evilwm |
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> * x11-wm/fluxbox |
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> * x11-wm/flwm |
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> * x11-wm/fvwm |
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> * x11-wm/icewm |
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> * x11-wm/ion |
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> * x11-wm/jwm |
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> * x11-wm/larswm |
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> * x11-wm/lwm |
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> * x11-wm/matchbox |
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> * x11-wm/matchbox-common |
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> * x11-wm/matchbox-desktop |
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> * x11-wm/matchbox-panel |
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> * x11-wm/matchbox-window-manager |
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> [I] x11-wm/metacity |
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> * x11-wm/openbox |
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> * x11-wm/oroborus |
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> * x11-wm/oroborus-extras |
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> * x11-wm/pekwm |
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> * x11-wm/plwm |
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> * x11-wm/ratpoison |
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> * x11-wm/sawfish |
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> * x11-wm/selectwm |
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> * x11-wm/stumpwm |
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> * x11-wm/treewm |
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> [I] x11-wm/twm |
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> * x11-wm/vtwm |
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> * x11-wm/windowlab |
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> * x11-wm/windowmaker |
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> * x11-wm/wm2 |
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> * x11-wm/wmii |
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> * x11-wm/xmonad |
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> * x11-wm/xmonad-contrib |
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> lightning ~ # |
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