-- David Bridges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 21 October 2002, 12:09 AM -0500): > > What are some good window managers that are even more light weight, > > have less options (simpler to configure), and work well? > > I've found blackbox to be light weight, flexible, and very fast. > > > I'm into functionality more than flashness. > > Hear hear! I've been on blackbox for about a year now, and have no complaints. If there is functionality you want that is missing, it's incredibly easy and fast to recompile it with any of a number of patches available for it on sourceforge. If you still cannot find the options you need, a number of derivatives exist that may offer them yet still retain most of the efficiency you'll find on blackbox (fluxbox and openbox are two of these).
In addition, while a default install is not flashy, it is capable of producing a very nice looking desktop. > > A large desktop that uses the screen as a window onto it would be useful. I'm not sure what you mean by this. > > A pop-up menu to select applications, and icons for applications would > > be useful, but i don't mind editing the config file for this capability. > > Blackbox doesn't have icons on the desktop by default, but if you really > want them you can run gmc and it will give them to you. Personally I > just setup keyboard combinations with bbkeys to run the applications > that I want. There is also an application called bbconf that makes > customizing bb a breeze. Blackbox has two root menus, one accessed by button 3 (right mouse) that has applications and can be easily customized, and one by button 2 (middle mouse or mouse wheel) that dipslays current workspaces and iconified applications. I personally use ROX to provide a pinboard for icons (it also manages my root window image). I've heard dfm also works nicely. ROX + blackbox makes for a very nice looking, fast, efficient desktop. > > Is anything extra needed to run a gnome or kde application? > > Nope as long as you have the applications and libs that are required you > should be set. If you run kde apps regularly (i.e. every session), I'd add the line: kdeinit & to your .xinitrc -- this speeds up the loading of KDE apps significantly. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]