On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 09:23, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "rjshaw" == rjshaw <Russell> writes: > > rjshaw> Hi all, I've been using fvwm2, and it has tons of > rjshaw> configuration options, which i find hard to master. > > rjshaw> What are some good window managers that are even more > rjshaw> light weight, have less options (simpler to configure), > rjshaw> and work well? > > I can recommend xfce which I switched to recently to get out of > GNOME/KDE hell. sawfish is also pretty good, but I'm Lisp partial, and > sawfish got me started on GNOME, so maybe that is a point against > it..... ;-) > > xfce has a GNOME compatibility mode that might be useful to some.
I *could* see xfce being a viable option, except that when I ran it, it just didn't look, well, all that good. The icons looked like they were drawn by someone that *had to put something there* to identify the buttons, and there was a lot of *reinventing the wheel* with applications that were essentially the same as existing generic X applications. My understanding is that CDE, on which I had been told it was based, has been effectively sidelined in favour of KDE and Gnome. My *(very) personal* opinion is that if you want to run an entire separate reimplementation of basic software with no identifiable enhancements, install OpenWindows, which is very fast and surprisingly capable. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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