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what is your favourite window manager| zmerlinz |
Posted: Mar 2 2003, 11:26 PM
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just a question from curisoity perposes mainly
what is your favourite window manager mine is Gnome :D but i know a lot of people that like using fluxbox |
   
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| fishsponge |
Posted: Mar 3 2003, 09:35 AM
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i thought gnome sat on top of your window manager.... maybe i'm wrong... a typical window manager for gnome would be sawfish i think...
please correct me if i'm wrong tho! |
  
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| bsdaemon |
Posted: Mar 6 2003, 05:45 AM
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Yeah, Gnome is [I think] what you call a 'desktop
environment'. It is compatible with different window managers, some more popular being Sawfish, Enlightenment, Metacity(?), etc. Gnome and KDE are both cool, definitely. I much prefer fvwm2, however. It's simplicity, versatility, and ease of configuration are all winning points for me. I've yet to spend _too_ much time tweaking it, but it is my favorite--for now! |
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| fishsponge |
Posted: Mar 6 2003, 12:22 PM
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personally, i'm a sawfish person, but we use MetaCity at work. they're all kinda the same, but i prefer sawfish over metacity anyday!
perhaps you should start a new topic entitled "Favorite Desktop Environment" as well zmerlinz..... :D |
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| linux_guru |
Posted: May 30 2003, 08:55 AM
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KDE is king.
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| fishsponge |
Posted: May 30 2003, 08:58 AM
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ah, but KDE is also a Desktop Environment, like Gnome... not a Window Manager..... :D
:D welcome to unixforum btw!! don't forget to post in the introductions forum! :D |
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| KptnKrill |
Posted: Aug 4 2003, 10:52 PM
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fluxbox :D
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| fishsponge |
Posted: Aug 5 2003, 06:51 AM
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a lot of people seem to be using fluxbox now.... it's getting to be really popular.... how come?!? do ya know?? i've never used it u see, so i can't comment :D
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| KptnKrill |
Posted: Aug 5 2003, 01:35 PM
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User Level: 2 Group: Members Posts: 25 Member No.: 67 Joined: 4-August 03 |
I don't know why other people use fluxbox, but I use it because...
a) It's not a resource hog. B) It's very customizable. c) I like the overall look and feel, it feel much less awkward then some other wms. If you go to http://www.fluxbox.org there is a list of features, which are in essence, reasons why you would want to use fluxbox :) |
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