Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-15 Thread michf
Quoting Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 11:41:44AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:32:38PM -0500, Bill Marcum wrote: > > > Some other small window managers are aewm, aewm++ and flwm. (What is > > > Installed-Size anyway?) > > > > It is a field fo

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-15 Thread Tom
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 11:41:44AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:32:38PM -0500, Bill Marcum wrote: > > Some other small window managers are aewm, aewm++ and flwm. (What is > > Installed-Size anyway?) > > It is a field for the debian package, representing disk space

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-15 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:32:38PM -0500, Bill Marcum wrote: > Some other small window managers are aewm, aewm++ and flwm. (What is > Installed-Size anyway?) It is a field for the debian package, representing disk space used when the package is unpacked. It provides a rough idea of how much memo

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following >

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-14 Thread John Peter
Bill Marcum wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:08:44PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: Icewm is lovely and a bit friendlier than pwm, but not the leanest by a bit. Here's some sizes for reference: Package: pwm Installed-Size: 336 Package: icewm Installed-Size: 1131

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-14 Thread Bill Marcum
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:08:44PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > Icewm is lovely and a bit friendlier than pwm, but not the leanest by a > bit. Here's some sizes for reference: > > Package: pwm > Installed-Size: 336 > > Package: icewm > Installed-Size: 1131 > P

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread ben
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:05:52 +0200 Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats some indication but what you should be looking at is the memory > usage. Here eye candy can cause a lot more cost that what shows up in > the package size. It also depends on the toolkit libraries used. > right n

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 21:08, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:15:29PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:19 + > > Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > PWM, or ION (pwm, ion, ion-devel packages) > > > > > As I suggested before, Icewm. >

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 17:28, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 07:44, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:58:46PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > This WM was mentioned by a poster on this list a month or so ago. At > > > the time I was using sawfish, but was getting sick o

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 06:38:40PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > the default look kinda sucks though... it can be changed completely > (take a lok at www.fvwm.org) There is a great article about window-manager choices, and fvwm advocacy at http://www.igs.net/~tril/fvwm/ -- Jon Dowland http://

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:15:29PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:19 + > Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PWM, or ION (pwm, ion, ion-devel packages) > > > As I suggested before, Icewm. If I reply with, 'As I suggested before, PWM.', when will it stop?

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 07:44, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:58:46PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > This WM was mentioned by a poster on this list a month or so ago. At > > the time I was using sawfish, but was getting sick of the bloat and > > considering switching back to fvwm. I

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:19 + Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none > > se

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 06:08:32PM -0400, eCLe wrote: > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:51, Micha Feigin wrote: > > I need a window manager with the following > > - As lite as possible on memory (I heavily stress my laptop so I don't > > have much to spare). > WindowMaker http://www.windowmaker.org tas

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As lite as possible

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread eCLe
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:51, Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As lite as possible on memory (I

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:58:46PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > This WM was mentioned by a poster on this list a month or so ago. At > the time I was using sawfish, but was getting sick of the bloat and > considering switching back to fvwm. I'm _so_ glad I tried openbox3. > > I have it set up to

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Burkhard Woelfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031113 13:14]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 13 November 2003 03:18, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am lookin

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Burkhard Woelfel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 November 2003 03:18, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > > recommendations for a window manager. > Blackbox, Openbox, or

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 03:51:10 +0200 Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As li

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Erik Steffl
Micha Feigin wrote: Hello, Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem to fit the bill yet. I need a window manager with the following - As lite as possible on memory (I heavily stress my laptop so I don't have m

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Micha Feigin wrote: Hello, Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem to fit the bill yet. I need a window manager with the following - As lite as possible on memory (I heavily stress my laptop so I don't have m

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As lite as possible on memor

window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Micha Feigin
Hello, Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem to fit the bill yet. I need a window manager with the following - As lite as possible on memory (I heavily stress my laptop so I don't have much to spare). - Mul