-- Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 09 January 2003, 11:12 AM +0530): > i am doing most of my work in console and was looking for a small and > fast window manager for some occasional work there. > > aesthetics, bells and whistles do not matter much. speed and overheads > matter a lot. > > i have heard about ratpoison and [black | flux]box. any feedback from > actual users is welcome. i am currently using windowmaker. I browsed through the thread a bit, and it looks like you may have already chosen a window manager -- but I didn't see anybody actually give you feedback on the wms you listed.
I'm a blackbox user, and I've been *very* satisfied with it. It's small, configurable via text files, and offers nothing but a window manager. Yet, at the same time, it can be configured to be very pretty, and with the addition of a few tools, a complete desktop environment (I use ROX-Filer, gkrellm, bbkeys, and bbpager -- which give me all the tools I ever used in a more full-blown DE). It utilizes only X libraries, which means minimal dependencies, and can be compiled easily (or you can simply grab it via apt). I've often had an X session with blackbox running for days on end, and never suffered in the performance arena. I typically have several workspaces open, one of which has an almost full-screen terminal running 'screen'; I then switch to other workspaces when I want a browser, word processor, pdf viewer, the GIMP, etc. Switching between workspaces can be done via the keyboard if you use bbkeys. Just my evangelical note for the day! I hope you find a window manager that suits you! -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]