Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-09-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 01:09:33PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:43:12 -0400, Allen wrote: If the people who work on Gnome are going to go Linux only, than, f them. Gnome, and maybe also Xfce (for using the same Gtk infrastructures) will _maybe_ turn into a

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-09-02 Thread Allen
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Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-09-02 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:43:12 -0400, Allen wrote: I don't know a lot about Gnome3, because a lot of my machines aren't very powerful by today's standards, and if what I read on RAM requirements was true, I won't be able to use it on any machine except this one anyway. I can't Believe how bad

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-31 Thread Fish Kungfu
+11 for ScrotWM On Aug 31, 2011 2:57 PM, Aaron Kaufman aa...@aaronkaufman.com wrote: Christian, As far as tiling window managers go I highly recommend Scrotwm [x11-wm/scrotwm]. The configuration is straight forward and getting it up and running is a breeze. I have been happily using it for

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
Christian Barthel b...@nyx.user-mode.org, 2011-08-05 21:12 (+0200): What is your window manager? Obviously, I use x11-wm/mcwm. More about it here, including a screenshot: http://hack.org/mc/hacks/mcwm/ Be sure to update your ports tree before installing so you get the latest version. Or

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-16 Thread Jeff Laine
On Fri,05-08-2011 [21:12:14], Christian Barthel wrote: Hello, I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-11 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:12:14 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Xfce is said to be, too. :-) I am not very interested in eyecandy: I want a stable and fast wm

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-11 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:23:15AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:12:14 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Xfce is said to be, too. :-) The

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On 05/08/2011 20:12, Christian Barthel wrote: Are there any other window manager worth looking? What is your window manager? When I'm not running KDE I like using Window Maker. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-08 Thread sean
I have always enjoyed using Window Maker. Unfortunately there does not seem to be much activity around it anymore. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-08 Thread Colin Albert
On 08/07/2011 02:17 PM, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: 07.08.2011 16:24, Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Sunday, August 07, 2011 a las 12:05:12AM +0300, Volodymyr Kostyrko escribió: 05.08.2011 22:12, Christian Barthel wrote: As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-07 Thread Graham Bentley
I quite like this http://www.vtwm.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-07 Thread herbert langhans
Something traditional on my laptop - I use Blackbox 07.01. It even takes less memory and appears a little more responsive then Fluxbox. Its a pity the developer didnt release any updates for years. Will see how long it stands with more contemporary Unix systems. Cheers herbs

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-07 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Sunday, August 07, 2011 a las 12:05:12AM +0300, Volodymyr Kostyrko escribió: 05.08.2011 22:12, Christian Barthel wrote: As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Maybe, we will never see

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-07 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
07.08.2011 16:24, Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Sunday, August 07, 2011 a las 12:05:12AM +0300, Volodymyr Kostyrko escribió: 05.08.2011 22:12, Christian Barthel wrote: As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-07 Thread David Demelier
On 05/08/2011 21:12, Christian Barthel wrote: Hello, I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Christian Barthel b...@nyx.user-mode.org wrote: What is your window manager? +1 for fluxbox. Minimalistic, functional, very easy to configure. Using it for a long time and no desire to change. I used fvwm2 and ctwm before, and I still like and use olvwm every

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread Ashish SHUKLA
Christian Barthel writes: Hello, I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:20:08PM -0600, Dmitri Brengauz wrote: On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 07:08:25PM -0400, Rod Person wrote: If you like Fluxbox you might want to try OpenBox. Nah. Stick with Fluxbox. Sorry, but

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread Christian Barthel
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:12:14PM +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: Hello, I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread Rod Person
On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 08:26:39 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: Sorry, but why? I went with OpenBox, because it seemed like it was under current development, and Fluxbox is stagnant, otherwise, I didn't see much difference. But I do find it curious that so many on this thread

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
05.08.2011 22:12, Christian Barthel wrote: As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Maybe, we will never see Gnome3 under FreeBSD, but this is not a tragedy :) Once a year I build up a Gnome or KDE to

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread Frank Shute
On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 08:26:39AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:20:08PM -0600, Dmitri Brengauz wrote: On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 07:08:25PM -0400, Rod Person wrote: If you like Fluxbox you

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 11:49:12PM +0100, Frank Shute wrote: On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 08:26:39AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: Fluxbox supports window tabbing. Last I checked, OpenBox did not. In fact, amongst the 'box window managers, window tabbing is pretty much the killer feature.

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-06 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 7 Aug 2011, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: 0k, I'll describe mine one for you: = Enlightement 17 = ... Also it works perfectly with two monitors, while XFCE shows garbage on second one... Maybe I'm missing something though. Could be a config or driver problem. I've been using xfce

Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Christian Barthel
Hello, I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Maybe,

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Christian Barthel on Friday, 05 August 2011: Are there any other window manager worth looking? What is your window manager? xmonad. Minimal, tiled, keyboard-driven but also mouseable, fully customizable via configuration files written in Haskell. -- .O. | Sterling (Chip) Camden

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Pierre-Luc Drouin
For me fluxbox is the way to go, since it is very light, has good key binding configuration and can be configured very easily. The only thing that I miss is the true transparency feature of Compiz, which can be quite useful sometimes, for example to quickly compare plots. Xfce is next on my list,

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Al Plant
Christian Barthel wrote: Hello, I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Chris Brennan
On 8/5/2011 3:12 PM, Christian Barthel wrote: Hello, I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Alex Stangl
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 12:46:27PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: xmonad. Minimal, tiled, keyboard-driven but also mouseable, fully customizable via configuration files written in Haskell. Another vote for xmonad. You may be startled at first to come up instantly to an empty screen, but you likely

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Christian Barthel
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 03:43:46PM -0500, Alex Stangl wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 12:46:27PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: xmonad. Minimal, tiled, keyboard-driven but also mouseable, fully customizable via configuration files written in Haskell. Another vote for xmonad. You may be startled

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Neal Hogan
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Alex Stangl a...@stangl.us wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 12:46:27PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: xmonad.  Minimal, tiled, keyboard-driven but also mouseable, fully customizable via configuration files written in Haskell. Another vote for xmonad. You may be

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Fish Kungfu
scrotwm is my main wm, but I also like fluxbox. On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Neal Hogan nealho...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Alex Stangl a...@stangl.us wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 12:46:27PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: xmonad. Minimal, tiled, keyboard-driven but

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Rod Person
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:12:14 +0200 Christian Barthel b...@nyx.user-mode.org wrote: I sniffed into AfterStep, fvwm2 and fluxbox (I don't want to use KDE). I think, fluxbox is a nice wm and for my future, it will be the default wm for me. It's also very fast and easy to configure. Are there

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:12:14PM +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As I recall, he made the switch from KDE to GNOME because of KDE 4 being a

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Ivan Frosty
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:12:14PM +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As I

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 11:07:39PM +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 03:43:46PM -0500, Alex Stangl wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 12:46:27PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: xmonad. Minimal, tiled, keyboard-driven but also mouseable, fully customizable via configuration

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 07:08:25PM -0400, Rod Person wrote: On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:12:14 +0200 Christian Barthel b...@nyx.user-mode.org wrote: I sniffed into AfterStep, fvwm2 and fluxbox (I don't want to use KDE). I think, fluxbox is a nice wm and for my future, it will be the default wm

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 05:27:05PM -0700, Ivan Frosty wrote: fvwm2 anytime. I suppose that's an option, but it's kinda bloated for my tastes. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgptoyCWFY7xm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-05 Thread Dmitri Brengauz
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 07:08:25PM -0400, Rod Person wrote: On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:12:14 +0200 Christian Barthel b...@nyx.user-mode.org wrote: I sniffed into AfterStep, fvwm2 and fluxbox (I don't want to use KDE). I