[gentoo-amd64] best windowmanager

[gentoo-amd64] best windowmanager

[DR GM SEDDON]

Hi,
Previously I have always used windowmaker as my desktop, however this 
does not start my applications on Gentoo.    When I try and start an 
app. nothing happens; no error.  Also when I double click the desktop 
conf icon it turns white and nothing happens but wmaker starts ok.  So 
rather than worry about fixing this I thought I'd try anew. 

I like desktops that don't have a Ms look and when I minimise it 
produces an icon not adding to a taskbar.  Can anyone recommend a 
good/best one.
Thanks.
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] best windowmanager

[Taka John Brunkhorst]

This is discussed tons of times in forums. but my fav wm is fluxbox.
thats only thing I would use probably.
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] best windowmanager

[Luis Medinas]

On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 13:29 +0000, DR GM SEDDON wrote:
> Hi,
> Previously I have always used windowmaker as my desktop, however this 
> does not start my applications on Gentoo.    When I try and start an 
> app. nothing happens; no error.  Also when I double click the desktop 
> conf icon it turns white and nothing happens but wmaker starts ok.  So 
> rather than worry about fixing this I thought I'd try anew. 
> 
try removing your ~/Gnustep directory. 
Next you can try to use a menu generator to help you find new apps
emerge genmenu then run it.
If nothing of this help you try to run a random app in a terminal then
figure the error.

> I like desktops that don't have a Ms look and when I minimise it 
> produces an icon not adding to a taskbar.  Can anyone recommend a 
> good/best one.
You can try xfce4( CDE look and feel), fluxbox or another *box wm, ion
is a great WM(a wonderful concept imo) or enlightenment. All these wm
are available in portage. 
A good resource to wm is http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ and of course
http://forums.gentoo.org.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] best windowmanager

[DR GM SEDDON]

Luis Medinas wrote:

>On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 13:29 +0000, DR GM SEDDON wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>Previously I have always used windowmaker as my desktop, however this 
>>does not start my applications on Gentoo.    When I try and start an 
>>app. nothing happens; no error.  Also when I double click the desktop 
>>conf icon it turns white and nothing happens but wmaker starts ok.  So 
>>rather than worry about fixing this I thought I'd try anew. 
>>
>>    
>>
>try removing your ~/Gnustep directory. 
>Next you can try to use a menu generator to help you find new apps
>emerge genmenu then run it.
>If nothing of this help you try to run a random app in a terminal then
>figure the error.
>
>  
>
>>I like desktops that don't have a Ms look and when I minimise it 
>>produces an icon not adding to a taskbar.  Can anyone recommend a 
>>good/best one.
>>    
>>
>You can try xfce4( CDE look and feel), fluxbox or another *box wm, ion
>is a great WM(a wonderful concept imo) or enlightenment. All these wm
>are available in portage. 
>A good resource to wm is http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ and of course
>http://forums.gentoo.org.
>
>  
>
When I try to emerge a wm I dget a problem of conflcting files, 
--pretend shows these.  How do I remove them with portage?
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] best windowmanager

[Taka John Brunkhorst]

>When I try to emerge a wm
what wm are you trying to emerge????

>I dget a problem
what problem did you get?????

>of conflcting files,
what conficting files???

>pretend shows these..
sorry I dont get this

>How do I remove them with portage?
I dont understand these, you mean deleting packages from portage tree?
or you mean unmerging packages from your box installed from portage?
or what?



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Re: [gentoo-amd64] best windowmanager

[Jared Lindsay]

Well, I'll put in the obligatory reference for E17.  Yes, it isn't
alpha yet (though they are going to skip alpha anyways), but it runs
just fine for myself and many others.  You have to build it from CVS,
though, but there are ebuilds for that in portage (and some scripts
you can find to make it easy to update/backup/restore).  Check the
Gentoo Forums for some more info (under Desktop Environments).

On 11/21/05, DR GM SEDDON <gavin.m.seddon@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> Previously I have always used windowmaker as my desktop, however this
> does not start my applications on Gentoo.    When I try and start an
> app. nothing happens; no error.  Also when I double click the desktop
> conf icon it turns white and nothing happens but wmaker starts ok.  So
> rather than worry about fixing this I thought I'd try anew.
>
> I like desktops that don't have a Ms look and when I minimise it
> produces an icon not adding to a taskbar.  Can anyone recommend a
> good/best one.
> Thanks.
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> gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>

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