* Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > I went pretty much the same way, but then one day I thought fluxbox was
> > kind of slow to draw menus etc... And I found openbox! It's fast, looks
> > just like fluxbox, except that it doesn't have the extra fluff. :-)
> > You may want to give it
On (31/10/06 13:19), Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > Since getting into Debian I've progressed down the scale (of bloat) from
> > KDE to Xfce to Enlightenment to Fluxbox. I'm very happy now but guess I
> > may get bored and try someth
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 18:52:12 -0800
Seeker5528 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
>
> Currently I am mixing and matching stuff, starting what I want to run
> from a .xsession file in my home directory. My .xsession file looks
> like this:
>
> # Begin .xsession
> gnome-settings-daemon &
> gnome-pane
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:51:12 +
"B. Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My question is which wm to use, as Gnome install metacity by default and
> I don't have experience with anything else.
>
> There's a lot of information on Google Groups and in the Debian
> archives, however I have a mor
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 10:53 am, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> For someone like me who grew-up with Windows, icewm was a good choice.
> I didn't want all the bloat in KDE or Gnome and, after some tweaking,
> icewm has gotten pretty close to my (good or bad) habits from Windows.
I use KDE or wmake
On 11/1/06, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Precisely! The last two that I actually used were kcalc and kate. They
have been replaced by galculator and SciTE and I am quite happy about
it. Nothing left to start up artsd and interfere with my sound, or to
startup a million kdeinit proc
Micha Feigin wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:55:40 -0800
Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Douglas Tutty wrote:
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
On (31/10/06 14:51), B. Hoffmann wrote:
I' ve been installing purely a base sytem
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 31 Oct 2006, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> >
> > I use icewm. It does everything I want without the struggle of adding
> > features to a less featurful wm and is low on resource usage. It must
> > be fast because it doesn't get in the way on the 486.
>
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:55:40 -0800
Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Douglas Tutty wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On (31/10/06 14:51), B. Hoffmann wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I' ve been installing purely a base sytem this time as opp
B. Hoffmann wrote:
BTW, Xfce seems to manage windows currently but it's not terribly
smooth, it's giving a sort of rolling effect when redrawing, that's why
the quest for something better.
Yes, I had the same feeling with both Xfce and icewm.
That's the reason I stuck with gnome. It works,
B. Hoffmann wrote:
Hi all !
I' ve been installing purely a base sytem this time as opposed to before
always going with the default install with Gnome.
Then proceeded to install xfce and synaptic and that's it so far. Don't
want any unnecessary fluff this time.
My question is which wm to use, a
Ron Johnson wrote:
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Ron Johnson wrote:
Get off my lawn, you young whippersnappers!
Oh, stop being such a grumpy old man. :-p
"*Window* manager" != "*display* manager".
Yeah I know, but both have to be...
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> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Get off my lawn, you young whippersnappers!
>
> Oh, stop being such a grumpy old man. :-p
>
>
>> "*Window* manager" != "*display* manager".
>
> Yeah I know, but both have to be... SHI
On 31 Oct 2006, Douglas Tutty wrote:
>
> I use icewm. It does everything I want without the struggle of adding
> features to a less featurful wm and is low on resource usage. It must
> be fast because it doesn't get in the way on the 486.
>
> Doug.
>
Another vote for icewm. I've tried numerous
Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> Get off my lawn, you young whippersnappers!
Oh, stop being such a grumpy old man. :-p
> "*Window* manager" != "*display* manager".
Yeah I know, but both have to be... SHINY!!! :-D
Best regards,
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Plus - how do you get icons to display on your fluxbox work space?
Install the program idesk. In your startup file, at
/home/user/.fluxbox/startup, add "idesk &" (without quotes). Start
fluxbox and you'll see a home icon. If my memory serves me correctly, I
think it's pretty easy to cre
Thank you for all the replies and good explanations, and a bit of a laugh.
Jochen Schulz wrote:
Yes and No. A WM is supposed to, well, manage windows (or give the user
the chance to do it). Typically this includes:
* place windows somewhere on the desktop (may be interactive)
* decorate w
Douglas Tutty wrote:
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
On (31/10/06 14:51), B. Hoffmann wrote:
I' ve been installing purely a base sytem this time as opposed to before
always going with the default install with Gnome.
>
Also for example icewm an
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> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> I personally use gdm, but I used wdm before (before getting too
>>> depressed about how ugly it is.)
>> Why waste RAM on something you have *no* need for and doesn't *do*
>> anything tha
On (31/10/06 13:19), Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > Since getting into Debian I've progressed down the scale (of bloat) from
> > KDE to Xfce to Enlightenment to Fluxbox. I'm very happy now but guess I
> > may get bored and try someth
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:57:44AM -0800, Jason Dunsmore wrote:
> On 10/31/06, Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> >> Since getting into Debian I've progressed down the scale (of bloat) from
> >> KDE to Xfce to Enlighten
Jeronimo Pellegrini escribe:
> I went pretty much the same way, but then one day I thought fluxbox was
> kind of slow to draw menus etc... And I found openbox! It's fast, looks
> just like fluxbox, except that it doesn't have the extra fluff. :-)
> You may want to give it a try.
Count another vote
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> Since getting into Debian I've progressed down the scale (of bloat) from
> KDE to Xfce to Enlightenment to Fluxbox. I'm very happy now but guess I
> may get bored and try something else but fluxbox is lean mean but pretty
> functiona
On 10/31/06, Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> Since getting into Debian I've progressed down the scale (of bloat) from
> KDE to Xfce to Enlightenment to Fluxbox. I'm very happy now but guess I
> may get bored and try
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (31/10/06 14:51), B. Hoffmann wrote:
> > I' ve been installing purely a base sytem this time as opposed to before
> > always going with the default install with Gnome.
>
> > Also for example icewm and fvwm seem to be both window
Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> I personally use gdm, but I used wdm before (before getting too
>> depressed about how ugly it is.)
>
> Why waste RAM on something you have *no* need for and doesn't *do*
> anything that the console does just as well?
Because I like shiny. Shiny == good. Anyway, I have th
B. Hoffmann:
>
> Must confess I'm still a bit confused as to what exactly a WM does as
> some seem to have themes available for them which I thought was down to
> the DE.
Yes and No. A WM is supposed to, well, manage windows (or give the user
the chance to do it). Typically this includes:
* plac
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On 10/31/06 09:24, George Borisov wrote:
> B. Hoffmann wrote:
[snip]
> You will also need a display manager (unless you like the whole
> startx thing).
Grouchy Geek says, "Since you can start X with startx, by
definition, you do *not need* a display m
B. Hoffmann wrote:
>
> I' ve been installing purely a base sytem this time as opposed to before
> always going with the default install with Gnome.
>
> Then proceeded to install xfce and synaptic and that's it so far. Don't
> want any unnecessary fluff this time.
Not sure why you need Gnome in t
On (31/10/06 14:51), B. Hoffmann wrote:
> I' ve been installing purely a base sytem this time as opposed to before
> always going with the default install with Gnome.
>
> Then proceeded to install xfce and synaptic and that's it so far. Don't
> want any unnecessary fluff this time.
>
> My questio
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 04:34:24PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There was a thread in this list last week where people were asked if the
> preferred KDE or Gnome, and the majority of people who posted a reply
> basicaly said "neither". They all said they went with a window manager
>
welly hartanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> when gnome's suck go to kde, when kde being broken go
> to xfce.that's the cycle of life ;-)
Basically, what I do too. But I change more because the one I'm
currently using annoys me too much.
--
John L. Fjellstad
web: http://www.fjellstad.org
--- Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Keith O'Connell wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > There was a thread in this list last week where
> people were asked if
> > the preferred KDE or Gnome, and the majority of
> people who posted a
> > reply basicaly said "neither". They all said they
> went with a wi
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:34:24 +0100, Keith O'Connell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have used Gnome for quite a while now, but this thread made me wonder
> why I do, and I cannot think of a good reason. I have been googling for
> a few days now looking for an account of just how much a performance
Keith O'Connell wrote:
Hi,
There was a thread in this list last week where people were asked if
the preferred KDE or Gnome, and the majority of people who posted a
reply basicaly said "neither". They all said they went with a window
manager and no desktop and their machines were the better for i
on Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 08:33:31PM +, Dave Thorn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 11:34:32AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> > It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a window
> > manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to maximizing in
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:38:26AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 06:55:39PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote:
> > I don't use gnome, so no idea, although I did notice a few seconds ago
> > that some worthless peice of crap in gnome changed my background - how
> > are you meant to chan
Tim Connors wrote:
Johann Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:42:17 -0500:
On Sunday February 8 at 11:34am
"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a
window manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 09:49:13AM -0500, Johann Koenig wrote:
> On Sunday February 8 at 09:06pm
> Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Enlightenment v17 CVS will, as it supports EWMH. You can forget about
> > E v16.
>
> Does your DR17 install co-exist nicely with DR16?
Not mine... I stop
Marc Wilson wrote:
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:42:17PM -0500, Johann Koenig wrote:
Enlightenment. Right click to maximize vertically, middle click to
maximize horizontally.
Have not used with Gnome, so I can't comment.
Enlightenment v17 CVS will, as it supports EWMH. You can forget about E
v16.
On Sunday February 8 at 09:06pm
Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:42:17PM -0500, Johann Koenig wrote:
> > Enlightenment. Right click to maximize vertically, middle click to
> > maximize horizontally.
> >
> > Have not used with Gnome, so I can't comment.
>
> Enl
> > Anyone using a window manager right now that does this? Preferably
> > one that interacts well with gnome.
> >
>
> Btw, I'm using metacity right now, but I don't see any such option.
Metacity does, but only with a keybinding. You need to set a keyboard
shortcut for "Maximize window verticall
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 06:55:39PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote:
> I don't use gnome, so no idea, although I did notice a few seconds ago
> that some worthless peice of crap in gnome changed my background - how
> are you meant to change font sizes in gtk apps without using that
> silly gnome-control-pa
Johann Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:42:17 -0500:
> On Sunday February 8 at 11:34am
> "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a
> > window manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to
>
On 08 Feb 2004, Philipp Weis wrote:
> On 08 Feb 2004, Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a window
> > manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to maximizing in
> > both directions).
> >
> > Anyone using a windo
Dave Thorn wrote:
>On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 11:34:32AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>>It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a
>>window manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to
>>maximizing in both directions).
>
>windowmaker does this too. Ctrl-(double-cli
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:42:17PM -0500, Johann Koenig wrote:
> Enlightenment. Right click to maximize vertically, middle click to
> maximize horizontally.
>
> Have not used with Gnome, so I can't comment.
Enlightenment v17 CVS will, as it supports EWMH. You can forget about E
v16.
--
Marc W
On Sunday February 8 at 11:34am
"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a
> window manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to
> maximizing in both directions).
>
> Anyone using a window manager right now that do
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 11:59:36 -0700
"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2004-02-08, Monique Y. Herman penned:
> > It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a
> > window manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to
> > maximizing in both directions).
>
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 11:34:32AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a window
> manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to maximizing in
> both directions).
windowmaker does this too. Ctrl-(double-clicking) on the titleba
On 2004-02-08, Philipp Weis penned:
> On 08 Feb 2004, Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a
>> window manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to
>> maximizing in both directions).
>>
>> Anyone using a window ma
On 2004-02-08, Monique Y. Herman penned:
> It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a
> window manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to
> maximizing in both directions).
>
> Anyone using a window manager right now that does this? Preferably
> one that interacts
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 11:34:32AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> Anyone using a window manager right now that does this? Preferably one
> that interacts well with gnome.
Openbox 3 does.
or, if you like the mouse:
On 08 Feb 2004, Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems to me that, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I had a window
> manager that supported maximize-vertical (as opposed to maximizing in
> both directions).
>
> Anyone using a window manager right now that does this? Preferably
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 23:41:39 +1100
"James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> also it should have a "hot key" so that if you press F12 for example in an
> emergency the whole Window system can be brought down and you can login at a
> command prompt instead of that annoying wdm login thing. Thi
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Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: Window Managers
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 09:01:42AM +, Karsten M. Self
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 09:01:42AM +, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:28:45PM +1100, James Buchanan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a
> > menu giving me a list of all the window managers/deskto
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:24:47AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> James Buchanan wrote:
>
> >When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu
> >giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can
> >run. How do I tell startx to run afte
James Buchanan wrote:
Hi,
When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu
giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can
run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default?
Several people have answered this question, but I haven't see
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:28:45PM +1100, James Buchanan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu
> giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can
> run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default? I have done
James Buchanan said:
> Hi,
>
> When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu
> giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I
> can run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default? I have done
> `man startx' but it's all incomprehensibl
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:28:45PM +1100, James Buchanan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu
> giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can
> run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default? I have done
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:28:45PM +1100, James Buchanan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu
> giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can
> run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default?
Create or e
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:28:45PM +1100, James Buchanan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu
> giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can
> run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default? I have done
on Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:28:45PM +1100, James Buchanan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a
> menu giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments
> that I can run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by d
Hi,
my problem was solved by installing the package xfonts-base-transcoded.
Anyway, thank you for helping.
Hans
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Hi,
my problem was solved by installing the package xfonts-base-transcoded.
Hans
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On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 12:04:16PM +0200, Hans Musil wrote:
> My X-server is running, but I can't start neither twm nor fvwm2. When
> putting "exec xterm" into my $HOME/.xsession, the xterm appears on the
> raw X-surface and ist usable.
Yes, by creating ~/.xsession, you've taken complete contro
xlsfonts finds all needed fonts, too.
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Sorry Mike,
I got a bit confused with this mailing list and didn't realize your answer.
Unforunately, now I've opened a new thread with a somewhat more detailed
description of my prob
Yes, xlsfonts finds all needed fonts, too.
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On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 10:18:14PM -0700, S. Champ wrote:
> [ alternate subject-line:
> "the big ol' debian tree. : GUI node." ]
>
>
> hi.
>
>
> while i'm still working on getting debian installed, i'd like to look ahead to
> what options are available among the windowing environments.
>
> > while i'm still working on getting debian installed, i'd like to
> > look ahead to what options are available among the windowing
> > environments.
> >
> > i know of the following:
> >
> > Gnome (? uses motif? )
> > KDE (? uses Q? )
> > Afterstep (? is this still used by anyone?
For a good index of window managers and desktop enviroments under
X-window, have a look at
http://www.PLiG.org/xwinman/
It has a short introduction to X, window managers and desktop
environments. Not all of the systems it describes are available in
debian (some of them are not free).
(And BTW,
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 10:18:14PM -0700, S. Champ wrote:
> [ alternate subject-line:
> "the big ol' debian tree. : GUI node." ]
>
>
> hi.
>
>
> while i'm still working on getting debian installed, i'd like to look ahead to
> what options are available among the windowing environments.
I
On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 07:09:28PM +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote:
>
> I am trying to register KDE as a window-manager in /etc/alternatives
> using update-alternatives. I can't seem to get it to register - kde is
> in /usr/bin so I tryed adding it like this:
>
> update-alternatives --install kde kde
It's not registered, so any ideas how to do this? I can't get anywhere
with it.
"Eric G . Miller" wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 08:35:24PM +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> >
> > I have just upgraded to potato. Previously, in slink, I had setup my
> > window-managers file to start kde by defaul
On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 04:21:54PM -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote:
>
> If you have compiled a window manager in /usr/local then
> the system won't know about it and you'll need to register this window
> manager.
Or you can just change the /etc/alternatives symlinks by hand, and the
system will real
On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 08:35:24PM +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote:
>
> I have just upgraded to potato. Previously, in slink, I had setup my
> window-managers file to start kde by default but now I get fvwm2 when
> I type startx. Why is this? The file still points to kde as the first
> option - is the
You wrote:
> debs,
>
> how do i prevent twm from automatically being my window manager when i
> type "startx"?
This is determined by the file: /etc/X11/window-managers. The first one is
what gets used.
- Brian
poe % cat window-managers
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, pplaw wrote:
pplaw >debs,
pplaw >
pplaw >how do tell twm not to be my window manager when i type "startx"?
edit ~/.xinitrc and change it, or if that file does not exist add a line:
exec /path/to/your/favorite/wm
or edit /etc/X11/window-managers and comment some out, change
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One that machine, I use FXCE,
> which looks a lot like CDE, but uses GTK. I don't believe it is packaged
> for Debian (at least, not for slink), but it's relatively painless to
> build and install from source (./configure ; make ; make install). It's
On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 08:52:43PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal was heard to
state:
> I just wanna know opinions. What do you think is better/faster to use,
> GNOME/Enlightenment, Window Maker or Enlightenment? Why?
This is a real flame-bait topic - everyone has their own opinions and
preferenc
Enlightenment sure looks nice but is pretty slow. You can also use GNOME with
Windowmaker.
IMHO, Windowmaker is small, fast, clean and highly configurable.
You may also want to check blackbox.
On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 08:52:43PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just wanna
On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Zach Wilkes wrote:
> okay I've used linux for a little bit now but I have yet to figure
> this one out.. How do you change the window manager for X? and
> where does one get new window managers? I was reading boot magazine
> the other day and it had an article on linux and
On 16 Nov, Zach Wilkes let loose with:
> okay I've used linux for a little bit now but I have yet to figure
> this one out.. How do you change the window manager for X? and
> where does one get new window managers? I was reading boot magazine
> the other day and it had an article on linux and it
On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Zach Wilkes wrote:
> this one out.. How do you change the window manager for X? and
> where does one get new window managers? I was reading boot magazine
We have many window manager packages -- fvwm, fvwm95, fvwm2, olvwm,
kde, even more -- just look under X11 on the we
> On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote:
>
> > I hate to think that my version of 1.2 (now 1.3) is idiosyncratic, but the
> > global xsession and the global xinitrc files are identical. I have attempted
> > in my own halting way to parse my way thru the file(s), and the result
> > appears to me
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote:
> I hate to think that my version of 1.2 (now 1.3) is idiosyncratic, but the
> global xsession and the global xinitrc files are identical. I have attempted
> in my own halting way to parse my way thru the file(s), and the result
> appears to me to be that
On Thu, Jul 03, 1997 at 10:12:01AM -0400, Colin R. Telmer wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, David Kohel wrote:
>
> > I just set up and configured xdm (thanks to those who responded
> > with advice on shadow passwords, etc.), and by default, xdm
> > sources the $HOME/.xsession files, not $HOME/.xinitr
George Bonser wrote:
>
> In their .xinitrc
>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Joe Lillibridge wrote:
>
> > How can users specify their own window managers? I.E., User A wants to
> > run fvwm & User B wants to run afterstep. I'm using xdm.
> >
No, this is not correct, since xinit is an *alternative* way
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, David Kohel wrote:
> I just set up and configured xdm (thanks to those who responded
> with advice on shadow passwords, etc.), and by default, xdm
> sources the $HOME/.xsession files, not $HOME/.xinitrc files.
If you use xdm, .xsession is the individual user configuration.
I just set up and configured xdm (thanks to those who responded
with advice on shadow passwords, etc.), and by default, xdm
sources the $HOME/.xsession files, not $HOME/.xinitrc files.
Actually, by default, my initial setup didn't source any user
files. See the /etc/X11/Xsession file (read by
In their .xinitrc
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Joe Lillibridge wrote:
> How can users specify their own window managers? I.E., User A wants to
> run fvwm & User B wants to run afterstep. I'm using xdm.
>
> thanks,
> joe
>
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