On 09/23/2016 06:45 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > I've been running XFCE for many, many years, and I was perfectly happy > with it until 4.11 came out. Support for multiple displays[1] was > broken in xfdesktop by a commit made in 2013. It's been broken ever > since, and there doesn't appear to be any intention of fixing it. > > About a year ago, when 4.12 went stable, I had to block it to avoid > this bug. I've been running 4.10 ever since, but the ebuild for 4.10 > just got pruned, so it's probably time to start thinking about > switching to a different desktop. > > Would anybody care to make a recommendation? > > The requirements are: > > * simple and lightweight > > * support for multiple displays[1] > > * support for multiple virtual desktops on each display (I > currently run 4 virtual desktops on each of 3 displays) > > * must have focus-follows mouse and must be able disable > "raise-on-click" > > * some sort of easily modifiable root-window menu that I can use to > start apps > > * some sort of task-bar (auto-hide required) > > * some sort toolbar OK (as long as it's auto-hide) > > * GTK-based strongly preferred -- I typically don't have Qt or any > KDE stuff installed, and have some custom-written GTK apps on > which I'm rather dependent. > > * I don't want a file manager, terminal emulator, or any other > bundled apps, so it would be nice if they were all optional, > separate ebuilds > > I don't want any storage auto-mounter, network manager, modem manager, > or any of that sort of thing. Anything with "manager" in the name is > probably right out. > > All I want is something to run urxvt terminals and xemacs windows -- > with maybe an instance of firefox, chrome, or wireshark. I also > occasionally run libreoffice or xfreerdp, but only under duress. > > I don't want any icons or folders or shortcuts or whatnot on the > desktop. > > I don't even need the ability to use an image as my desktop > "wallpaper": all I want is a user-configurable sold color. > > When I'm moving/resizing a window, all I want to see is a wireframe -- > I don't need a window's contents being re-rendered constantly as I > move or resize it. > > No fancy animation or translucency silliness. > > [1] I'm referring to separate X11 displays/desktops, not a single > logical display spread across multiple physical monitors. >
Have you considered MATE? It's a pretty darn good replacement for XFCE; very 'minimal' -- though not quite as minimal as what you suggest -- and GTK+ based. I'm not extremely familiar with all of its features or lack thereof, but I was pleasantly surprised by it. -- Alecks Gates
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