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On 2016-09-24, David Haller <gentoo@×××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>>Would anybody care to make a recommendation? |
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> Ever checked out WindowMaker (x11-wm/windowmaker)? The default config |
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> is quite clunky though, but there's many themes and stuff. |
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I think I tried once upon a time (back when I was looking for a fvwm |
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replacement and ended up switching to XFCE). |
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> But I'm not sure what you mean by root-window menu / task-bar / |
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> toolbar. |
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You got it right. |
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>>I don't want any storage auto-mounter, network manager, modem manager, |
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>>or any of that sort of thing. Anything with "manager" in the name is |
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>>probably right out. |
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> Neither do I :) As well as most anything with "Kit". |
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Back in the SunOS/Solaris days, it was anything ending in "tool". |
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> But no fear, you need to do that only once, I did that in IIRC 2002 or |
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> so with WMaker 0.65 and never touched that config ever again. I think |
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> there was once some feature renamed or so, but you get that with |
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> xemacs/mutt/tin as well. |
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> So, IMO it's should be worth a look. But _do_ have a look through the |
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> config-tool at the options (like the focus and moving stuff) and |
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> ignore the UI-look, that can be tuned a lot, the default is rather |
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> boring (but functional). |
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Thanks, I'll add WindowMaker to the list. |
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> Apart from that: LXDE comes to mind. |
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That too. |
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Grant |
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