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

[forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@hushmail.com>]

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.