LinuxQuestions.org - Window Manager of the Year

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- 2006 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2006-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-awards-76/)

- - Window Manager of the Year (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2006-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-awards-76/window-manager-of-the-year-514947/)

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Originally Posted by perry

how come neither KDE nor GNOME is on the list?

just curious

- perry

...both mentioned by you are Desktop Environments, perry :)

KDE - KWin Window Manager

Gnome - Metacity (or Compiz, Beryl or others ;) ) - Window Managers.

With kind regards,

tami :)

who is widow and why?

Quote:

Originally Posted by easuter

I hate afterstep though, looks like it was designed by Liberace...

LOL i might have to try that, sounds just my style.

I agree... sorta

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiml8

Beryl is still immature and a bit buggy, but as it grows up it's going to blow everything else out of the water - presuming, of course, that you have the graphical capability to run it.

Beryl is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long, long time.

-jiml8, "master of the cube" - lol!

Beryl is quite interesting. As a very fancy window manager, to be used in conjunction with a Desktop Environment, such as KDE, GNOME, or XFCE, I agree. However, if I were going to use just a window manager, then I would not go with Beryl. In that case, I would choose either the winner, Fluxbox, or as a flexible, easy alternative, IceWM. Reasons: fast, lightweight flexibility combined with maturity.