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Fluxbox is tight. Really slick, clean, fast, and yet, still very |
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manageable/configurable. |
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I think you'd love it... just my opinion... |
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http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/ |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/fluxbox-config.xml |
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;-) |
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Bill Roberts wrote: |
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> On 03:18 Fri 30 Dec , Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
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>>I'm wanting to experiment with some alternative window managers. I've |
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>>already emerged them, but I'd like to have them available as separate |
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>>sessions when I log in, and possibly migrate to one of them as default (or |
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>>only) session available. |
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> |
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> Over the past 3 years, I have been on a quest for a minimalist and |
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> functional window/desktop manager. It seems like I've tried everything. I |
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> started off with kde, hated the kitchensink approach they take, so I moved |
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> to gnome, which was, indeed, more subdued, some say boring. The standard |
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> package fit me okay, but it was so heavyweight, I used none of the desktop |
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> function except freecell and the weather applet. |
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> So I went minimalist with kahakai, interesting, but ultimately not worth |
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> the ongoing effort, then to ratpoison. which I dumped after a week or two. |
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> Brief visits to ion and icewm, finally settled on XFCE-4 for maybe a year |
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> and a half. It's minimalist as a desktop manager, but again, I used almost |
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> none of its functionality, I do everything except surfing the web from the |
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> commandline. |
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> I saw a number of people who opinions I value using fluxbox, so I decided |
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> to try that. I'm glad it came with good recommendations, because when I |
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> opened it up in its default configuration, it was almost as butt-ugly as |
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> ratpoison. I emerged the themes, played around with them, settled down with |
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> one, and now feel settled. The ease of configuration, the basic simplicity, |
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> the choice of themes, seems "just right" for me. |
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> Good luck in finding the one that is "just right" for you. |
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> |
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> Bill Roberts |
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Darth Vader: |
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The force is with you young Skywalker, but you are |
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not a Jedi yet. |
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