Lars Gustäbel <l...@gustaebel.de> [09-09-12 18:52]: > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 03:40:56PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > I would like to hear from others what experiences they made with > > what windowmanagers. > > Hi! > > I've been using fvwm2 (http://fvwm.org) for years now and am quite happy with > it. Although it may look old and strange at first (the default settings are > rather horrible IIRC), it is possible to configure every tiny detail of it > using config files. I am still sometimes amazed of what you can do with it. > The fvwm manpage has everything you need to know. > The complexity is also its main drawback: it took me several weeks to have > it the way I wanted it. fvwm is indeed rather complicated at first but that's > why it's so powerful. It is really flexible and you can still use all the > little gui tools out there from other window managers. One cool feature of > fvwm > is that you can assign different window styles based on the application, e.g. > I > have a graphical system monitor on my third desktop, that is started when I > log > in via .xinitrc and always stays on bottom, never gets the focus and does not > appear in the window list or on the task bar, so it does not interfere with > the > rest of the system at all. > Before using fvwm2 I used KDE which had too much stuff I didn't really need. > (However, I am still using the KDE kicker panel with fvwm, which I think is > quite funny.) When I looked for a new window manager I tried fluxbox for a > few > days, but it did not convince me. Then I tried fvwm and stayed with it. > > Regards, > > -- > Lars Gustäbel > l...@gustaebel.de > > Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little > temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. > (Benjamin Franklin)
Hi Lars, thanks for your hint ! :) Will check that ! Best regards mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
