From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 108F8138334 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 21:34:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F782E08CA; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 21:34:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sonic306-22.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (sonic306-22.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [66.163.189.84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1ACFE08BD for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 21:34:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1544045648; bh=U83SsPoH3kTZvrwKK1y9fEGT1Cbm3IanYqiJ2fkXQfY=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From:Subject; b=H7k231pBjjEqIlt4sXubqOE8m/7sLMJeTo5B0Y+x9gNHL/2XKZEYCSJB01xQuc7v1YqJrL2kB+2APAcx2litrUqVShbamwxzAmH95VRajcpUmw9LRHZC5Po9WnKSkmDHw6cPYybSPUmmAyT9YUGa43uU05p/ZyNnMcb8XmXIikBXb0/0gmsCgmRKFmIxroGKN1LfS2Tddksp618DKba0tmLwdQiDIH6JKu9F67ayGmJByZL+QN1G04Wyz3az6B4h0BzEgib9hrZbIi5QS4pzUm3nELdpr8CPSyU6DBWW2GmrM23XljSqmTMWYanIiU31ENCbdxJPGM74mqu/+huOrA== X-YMail-OSG: Ch3G6UgVM1mgzkTgTSgzrSBaeumpteNK1lu1suDdk8MrxhICLj_NsbeWKOUVY7T jK7_2V..btYOtYtII48SlO3UAGuFB4swfAA.cL3KeOEJ9sez8t9VlznnhmsVzfY8Bc9rFpm0g9_p ci.IPHUoM00jrfGHsqtPhOS3PmqeIVVcLurTEPf9G_lAgG.2f3a9dbQpizYk9LpzqDpjfODMTGIe fJBelhluHU6f9q6lYFDyyIdFvhHi0M7YkQtRvcm_CuZX1QJBg6.LY2oXjo4Zv7sifiZRRpJHWlMB aWK3DD5qDR_PccyNz9MTZrr2xUTu7rUnViDCNNOEl4zV47pC_ryRhKFesnvcZKD7t1Eg50VO0kIO WmcGHfl1d0grkvEhoWN5dBFYVpNHypSWoc1ttydSal7uBrYnkOki5AxM2rV3FxECyrzFO1ejb0KK u688ZSV7g4ZA3hPVAQ9gYqnt1too.b7CBFDbHKDhLqF8PCLc6cczlringxRy9SDBbQ6bLJuW9bP1 h9UUOTVWnXJyIxc2BAKt4as27NSx6aWxugBgZjvmSd5c5gEL2u5ORDfwsuf1EZaL.9MG8c0QUsQc hNIcV5hZAM2rlQDaO_ELa_tIbJoJ2t1y2blaBN0Xuj0EyB0s1HO1fd_XP4L1PrO9pxM.YyzYDHEO PBVFqY3P2UqN8Ua0esCvcbmNp3hB33EDNo_Y5Kmf859noKYk8oN_Fh2U14RQ6q0j8mKVALK_d.ar kveGv7QfV.t9ueexiEZSIWEtdR2fDOj_X9s3msjRIbTY2pyVeZcp0nIu4IzhlYzEnM0H.AWcLDXi KdhMVG0Fb0W.3x4fb05s8YGAc5snbkXs69.8gSmaGrp8euyOeFpD7v4q9R2I7_B7K83EqyBY3AcC JgmBVUGZfvpxquSCfi8kQCiaHtYNSb8NB1v_ktrNw1IgF2KM34D2h8oE3n.p47Ol8SJpUQ2PQ9t2 CfvmNJnP9V3H1WPODvAsW9GKIteOUWK2RePZwFn.Lha7qXmxuP8jE25s3sWvz0MWH5HzG5HrGay2 svLjktYKqgJrRlVU0qIYCLEBIo4ZlaClKaYBW3D.wrJ4FO6r2MkZELBSg6w-- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic306.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 21:34:08 +0000 Received: from mobile-166-177-121-35.mycingular.net (EHLO [192.168.1.52]) ([166.177.121.35]) by smtp416.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 5a38693905dc0f0d7685b8354e94e05f; Wed, 05 Dec 2018 21:34:04 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Small (as in footprint) window manager To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: From: james Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: <10d67abb-f701-9bec-6ce3-9744eb712732@verizon.net> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 16:34:02 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ae30330b-2207-477a-aa9d-a3dd1a501044 X-Archives-Hash: 76a006b8456f92e72bf8e512b36f6fac On 12/1/18 11:21 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: > I've been trying to clean up my machines (pruning world file, etc) and > am making progress. > > I ran into one issue, that being on my server (mythtv, file, etc) I am > normally in text/ssh mode but occasionally I need X for something. > > Does anyone have suggestions for a small-footprint window manager (I > have no need for a full desktop environment) as twm is just fugly and > sometimes not intuitive. I also don't need a file manager as I use > Midnight Commander which works well for my needs. This all stems from > occasionally needing a gui for configuring mythtv or the ability to have > two shells open side by side. > > I am thinking others have most likely had this problem at some point and > have found something that's lightweight for this type of purpose. > > Dan > > Hello Dan:: lots of good suggestions. you can look in /usr/portage/x11/wm (or whereevery /etc/portage/x11-wm for a listing of what in the tree for smaller. I have been wanting to try lumina:: https://lumina-desktop.org/features/ "does not require PolicyKit, HAL or systemd" if you have a few/limited scope of codes to run, it might just be what you are looking for...... good_hunting, James