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On Sat, 2016-09-24 at 01:52 -0400, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:45:26PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote |
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> > Would anybody care to make a recommendation? |
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> How about ditching "Desktop Environment" altogether and using a |
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> "Window Manager" instead? I use ICEWM. It has to be configured with |
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> a |
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> text editor, but you can then set it and forget it. |
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If using a Window Manager fits, awesome is worth a mention. |
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https://awesomewm.org/ |
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* Very stable, fast and small codebase and footprint; |
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* First window manager using asynchronous XCB library instead of the |
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old synchronous Xlib: make awesome less subject to latency than many |
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window managers; |
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* Very well documented source code and API; |
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* No mouse needed: everything can be performed with keyboard; |
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* Real multihead support (XRandR, Xinerama or Zaphod mode) with per |
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screen desktops (tags); |
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* Implement many Freedesktop standards: EWMH, XDG Base Directory, |
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XEmbed, Desktop Notification, System Tray; |
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* Doesn't distinguish between layers: there is no floating or tiled |
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layer; |
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* Use tags instead of workspaces: allow to place clients on several |
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tags, and display several tags at the same time; |
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* A lot of Lua extensions to add features: dynamic tagging, widget |
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feeding, tabs, layouts; |
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* D-Bus support; |
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And more. |
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Regards, |
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Carlos |
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