Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] In search of a "good" windowmanager

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@hushmail.com> [09-09-13 02:12]:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 01:37:45PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >  for a long time I used IceWM as my windowmanager since I dont
> > >  want to mimicry other OSses (...) or want session management.
> > >  One thing, which is a must-have of windowmanagers I want to use
> > >  is the possibility to control the windowmanager nearly completly
> > >  with the keyboard (hotkeys configurable) which does *not*
> > >  imply "uncontrollable by mouse" ;)
> > >  Furthermore I should not be a hana-bi or anything else eye-candy
> > >  like (nothing against hana-bi as hana-bi!) -- most of the time
> > >  I will use the windowmanager instead of only looking at it -- which
> > >  does not imply: "black anmd white ugly ascii thingy".
> > >
> > >  Since IceWM seems to be gone into hibernation phase I am looking for
> > >  a replacement which should
> > >  -- be widely configurable via ascii files
> > >  -- be as far as possible controllable by keyboard
> > >  -- be also useable with the mouse
> > >  -- no eye-candy
> > >  -- not ugly
> > >  -- NOT tiling
> > >  -- FAST!
> > >
> > >  I would like to hear from others what experiences they made with
> > >  what windowmanagers.
> > >
> > >  Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> > >  Best regards and have a nice weekend!
> > >  Meino Cramer
> > 
> > try Openbox, tiny but modern
> >
> 
> Another vote for Openbox. Good little wm. If you want a panel for it,
> I'd suggest fbpanel.
> 

Hi,

Currently I am playing aroung with fluxbox. The previously missing
feature of a keyboard useable applikation menu is nearly "fixed" :)

I also installed fbpanel -- what I miss are the two mini-graphs of
the IceWM-Taskbar, which shows CPU load and net traffic throughput.
Can I get this anywhere in a way that it is incorparated into
fbpanel?

mcc

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