fluxbox is a nice, lightweight, usable WM :) -- Alex Alexander || wired Gentoo QT && KDE Herd Tester http://www.linuxized.com
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:53, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > A discussion on another list made me realize I'm a little tired of > Gnome. It does what I need, mostly, but it feels sort of old and dry. > I haven't run KDE in years but I'm hesitant to build it and keep it up > to date. I really think I'd like something more minimalistic. I ran > fluxbox years ago and liked that it was small and fast but at the time > getting to apps was a hand-crafted menu editing task that I'd rather > not repeat today. > > QUESTION: Is there something small, fast but also easy to use in > terms of the environment automatically creating menus when apps are > added or removed with emerge? > > From a pure-fun standpoint something 3D might be fun, but I don't > need it and expect that my old ATI Radeon X300 card probably isn't up > to the task anyway. > > How do others choose a window manager and what do you value in your > window manager that makes you stick with it? > > Thanks, > Mark > > lightning ~ # eix | grep x11-wm > * x11-wm/aewm++ > * x11-wm/aewm++-goodies > * x11-wm/aewm > * x11-wm/afterstep > * x11-wm/amiwm > * x11-wm/awesome > * x11-wm/blackbox > * x11-wm/compiz > * x11-wm/compiz-fusion > * x11-wm/ctwm > * x11-wm/dwm > * x11-wm/echinus > * x11-wm/emerald > * x11-wm/enlightenment > * x11-wm/evilwm > * x11-wm/fluxbox > * x11-wm/flwm > * x11-wm/fvwm > * x11-wm/icewm > * x11-wm/ion > * x11-wm/jwm > * x11-wm/larswm > * x11-wm/lwm > * x11-wm/matchbox > * x11-wm/matchbox-common > * x11-wm/matchbox-desktop > * x11-wm/matchbox-panel > * x11-wm/matchbox-window-manager > [I] x11-wm/metacity > * x11-wm/openbox > * x11-wm/oroborus > * x11-wm/oroborus-extras > * x11-wm/pekwm > * x11-wm/plwm > * x11-wm/ratpoison > * x11-wm/sawfish > * x11-wm/selectwm > * x11-wm/stumpwm > * x11-wm/treewm > [I] x11-wm/twm > * x11-wm/vtwm > * x11-wm/windowlab > * x11-wm/windowmaker > * x11-wm/wm2 > * x11-wm/wmii > * x11-wm/xmonad > * x11-wm/xmonad-contrib > lightning ~ # > >
