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On 12/1/18 11:21 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> I've been trying to clean up my machines (pruning world file, etc) and |
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> am making progress. |
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> I ran into one issue, that being on my server (mythtv, file, etc) I am |
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> normally in text/ssh mode but occasionally I need X for something. |
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> Does anyone have suggestions for a small-footprint window manager (I |
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> have no need for a full desktop environment) as twm is just fugly and |
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> sometimes not intuitive. I also don't need a file manager as I use |
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> Midnight Commander which works well for my needs. This all stems from |
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> occasionally needing a gui for configuring mythtv or the ability to have |
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> two shells open side by side. |
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> I am thinking others have most likely had this problem at some point and |
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> have found something that's lightweight for this type of purpose. |
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> Dan |
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Hello Dan:: lots of good suggestions. you can look in |
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/usr/portage/x11/wm (or whereevery /etc/portage/x11-wm for a listing of |
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what in the tree for smaller. |
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I have been wanting to try lumina:: |
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https://lumina-desktop.org/features/ |
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"does not require PolicyKit, HAL or systemd" |
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if you have a few/limited scope of codes to run, it might just be |
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what you are looking for...... |
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good_hunting, |
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James |
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