From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MGunp-0000wU-7Z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:03:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4EE75E02B2; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:03:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f209.google.com (mail-fx0-f209.google.com [209.85.220.209]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22C3E02B2 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:03:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm5 with SMTP id 5so262350fxm.34 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:03:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UFOfV4WFNwwGU0/hv+UosszzyQzuLj8sBS9kpzdI+yQ=; b=DyUdY7DPyLGqhnBEynNl5Scu8mKj/oOxYOVGME3NNNDcOxmFDilOFYTvlMcniQ9SSn dSTWnBkY3GzHoaBigmZaqeitxOZsHcjcZVZpPgg7eECU9GkEPaCTn1UatCq1GA9nnBlp 5P/4+JMOKqSJtg4es4r+Yf0Xj9IfHBUnep2ak= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=kOH1VZpzFuTE08vwLOFIh8nC6r/vQWiR9x03S0KX5D42PJ7p2cAdaovH0IfL+CEBoi Gg96/B0fm0+nlUkJTNcole6apsI68ZLJe3fPUcpASEQHo/ff3QRVAy4aAd6fhyZ37RY8 /sn0aIU3JXfv5Fxip2RGvTcDDTdL1dTTkO9Zg= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.107.1 with SMTP id j1mr90485mum.99.1245243823335; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:03:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0906170553w3b73c15ehd1b8cacaaf52c7c4@mail.gmail.com> References: <5bdc1c8b0906170553w3b73c15ehd1b8cacaaf52c7c4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:03:43 +0300 Message-ID: <225000070906170603r77c3034g4d4fdde76d3ee1bb@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] How do I choose a second window manager? From: Alex Alexander To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 81229179-b451-4c0e-90be-5f3cbdb494f3 X-Archives-Hash: 85ef676c57d621de55b951dca52f0d08 fluxbox is a nice, lightweight, usable WM :) -- Alex Alexander || wired Gentoo QT && KDE Herd Tester http://www.linuxized.com On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:53, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > =A0 A discussion on another list made me realize I'm a little tired of > Gnome. It does what I need, mostly, but it feels sort of old and dry. > I haven't run KDE in years but I'm hesitant to build it and keep it up > to date. I really think I'd like something more minimalistic. I ran > fluxbox years ago and liked that it was small and fast but at the time > getting to apps was a hand-crafted menu editing task that I'd rather > not repeat today. > > =A0 QUESTION: Is there something small, fast but also easy to use in > terms of the environment automatically creating menus when apps are > added or removed with emerge? > > =A0 From a pure-fun standpoint something 3D might be fun, but I don't > need it and expect that my old ATI Radeon X300 card probably isn't up > to the task anyway. > > =A0 How do others choose a window manager and what do you value in your > window manager that makes you stick with it? > > Thanks, > Mark > > lightning ~ # eix | grep x11-wm > * x11-wm/aewm++ > * x11-wm/aewm++-goodies > * x11-wm/aewm > * x11-wm/afterstep > * x11-wm/amiwm > * x11-wm/awesome > * x11-wm/blackbox > * x11-wm/compiz > * x11-wm/compiz-fusion > * x11-wm/ctwm > * x11-wm/dwm > * x11-wm/echinus > * x11-wm/emerald > * x11-wm/enlightenment > * x11-wm/evilwm > * x11-wm/fluxbox > * x11-wm/flwm > * x11-wm/fvwm > * x11-wm/icewm > * x11-wm/ion > * x11-wm/jwm > * x11-wm/larswm > * x11-wm/lwm > * x11-wm/matchbox > * x11-wm/matchbox-common > * x11-wm/matchbox-desktop > * x11-wm/matchbox-panel > * x11-wm/matchbox-window-manager > [I] x11-wm/metacity > * x11-wm/openbox > * x11-wm/oroborus > * x11-wm/oroborus-extras > * x11-wm/pekwm > * x11-wm/plwm > * x11-wm/ratpoison > * x11-wm/sawfish > * x11-wm/selectwm > * x11-wm/stumpwm > * x11-wm/treewm > [I] x11-wm/twm > * x11-wm/vtwm > * x11-wm/windowlab > * x11-wm/windowmaker > * x11-wm/wm2 > * x11-wm/wmii > * x11-wm/xmonad > * x11-wm/xmonad-contrib > lightning ~ # > >