On Sat, 8 Sep 2018, Thomas Mueller wrote:
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 07:25:17 +0000
From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6...@twc.com>
To: netbsd-users@netbsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Recommended desktop environment?
from Pedro Pinho:
Here's a complete list of WM's for *nix systems
https://www.gilesorr.com/wm/table.html
What exactly do you mean with " I tried awesome some years ago, but the
"awesome" decoration/artwork just got in the way and confused me"?
Don't take me wrong, I would just like to know what was so confusing.
Awesome user here ;-)
I looked through that list of WMs web page, found i3 but not i3w.
Steffen Nurpmeso's preferred ahwm was listed as discontinued; is also not in
FreeBSD ports (category x11-wm). So I might not be able to try it even if I
wanted.
When I tried awesome, it was on version 3.5 (approximately). I believe the
website was awesome.naquadah.org . I couldn't separate the substance from the
glamour.
I like substance as opposed to hot air, hence would stay away from something
like Enlightenment (seemed poorly documented, at least in the time of NetBSD
7.99.1.
When I had NetBSD 7.99.1 installed (and still do thanks to GPT even if I hardly
ever use this outdated version), I was apparently in pkgsrc directory instead
of proper package directory when I updated packages. System just tried to
update everything in sight, and I got unexpected package installations
including Enlightenment, but this accidentally installed Enlightenment crashed
the system every time I tried to start it.
Interest in ratpoison is because of the desire to see what I can do with no
extras, even if I wouldn't use ratpoison all the time.
If you're looking for something that stays out of your way and has various
types of window-maximization available, though not a tiling wm,
windowmaker may be worth a try.
Bruce
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