On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Rick Knebel wrote:
> I am trying out SuSe 5.3 and the default user wm seems to be kde.
> I am not impressed and would like to switch it to something else.
>
> Where can I do this and would anyone suggest a wm that works well in suse.
I alternately run gnome with the latest WindowMaker or E. If you
like a NeXT-ish look WM and AfterStep seem to be the way to go. I tend to
feel E is the most original, and it has grown on me over time. A
particular pleasant set up is E with esd and transparent Eterm's and a
themed gnome panel. It's a 'sweet suite'. Of the attempted NeXT
look-alikes ( WM, AS, Bowman(old)) I prefer WM, cause it's fast, has a
nice set of apps that were built with it in mind, like FSview,WMSound, and
WMakerConfig, and is fairly stable. Configurability is a breeze with
WindowMaker. AfterStep, however, I tend to dislike, though I am a AS user
who later switched to WindowMaker, and I feel it's development in trying
to please too many different people too much of the time has gotten
bloated and unstable. Ice and blackbox are ugly but
fast, and resource friendly. I've tried just about all of them, but always
wind up with my old buddies, WindowMaker and Enlightenment.
You can set your wm in your .xinitrc or set a global variable in profile
to a universal default. There are so many wms now, and it all seems to
come down to taste which one you use. Personally, I'd say try them all
till you find one you prefer, cause just cause one of us likes one doesn't
mean you will--look at all the people that love kde ( which I truly can't
stand.)
-M
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