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Lars Gustäbel <lars@×××××××××.de> [09-09-12 18:52]: |
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> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 03:40:56PM +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > I would like to hear from others what experiences they made with |
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> > what windowmanagers. |
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> Hi! |
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> I've been using fvwm2 (http://fvwm.org) for years now and am quite happy with |
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> it. Although it may look old and strange at first (the default settings are |
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> rather horrible IIRC), it is possible to configure every tiny detail of it |
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> using config files. I am still sometimes amazed of what you can do with it. |
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> The fvwm manpage has everything you need to know. |
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> The complexity is also its main drawback: it took me several weeks to have |
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> it the way I wanted it. fvwm is indeed rather complicated at first but that's |
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> why it's so powerful. It is really flexible and you can still use all the |
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> little gui tools out there from other window managers. One cool feature of fvwm |
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> is that you can assign different window styles based on the application, e.g. I |
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> have a graphical system monitor on my third desktop, that is started when I log |
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> in via .xinitrc and always stays on bottom, never gets the focus and does not |
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> appear in the window list or on the task bar, so it does not interfere with the |
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> rest of the system at all. |
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> Before using fvwm2 I used KDE which had too much stuff I didn't really need. |
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> (However, I am still using the KDE kicker panel with fvwm, which I think is |
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> quite funny.) When I looked for a new window manager I tried fluxbox for a few |
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> days, but it did not convince me. Then I tried fvwm and stayed with it. |
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> Regards, |
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> -- |
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> Lars Gustäbel |
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> lars@×××××××××.de |
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> Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little |
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> temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. |
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> (Benjamin Franklin) |
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Hi Lars, |
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thanks for your hint ! :) |
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Will check that ! |
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Best regards |
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mcc |
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unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. |
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See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |
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