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View Poll Results: Window Manager of the Year
Fluxbox
130
16.48%
Window Maker
18
2.28%
Enlightenment
51
6.46%
KWin
127
16.10%
Compiz
249
31.56%
MetaCity
42
5.32%
IceWM
38
4.82%
Blackbox
8
1.01%
OpenBox
51
6.46%
xfwm4
30
3.80%
Ratpoison
7
0.89%
Ion
3
0.38%
sawfish
2
0.25%
FVWM
10
1.27%
awesome
23
2.92%
01-28-2009, 11:38 AM
#61
Member
Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Serbia
Distribution: Slackware and Slax - because I'm a sucker for speed. ;-)
Posts: 476
Thanked: 0
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IMHO,
Compiz has the 'eyecandy' to attract newbies and those 'other OS' users - come and try Linux.
My vote reflects the fact that compiz alone _maybe_ scores more Linux newcomers than all other 'bells and whistles' of linux.
*visual* as it is.
YMMV :-)
01-31-2009, 06:06 AM
#62
Member
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: Fedora, Xubuntu, ZenWalk
Posts: 38
Thanked: 0
i voted Metacity. clear and good looking. also the Gnome configuration tools simply rule!
02-03-2009, 09:25 AM
#63
Member
Registered: Jan 2006
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 39
Thanked: 0
compiz has made great strides this year, not just the eye candy with compiz-fusion but also the zoom and translucency
02-03-2009, 10:57 AM
#64
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Cumby, Texas
Distribution: Fedora Core
Posts: 2
Thanked: 0
Window Manager of the Year
Where is AfterStep?
02-03-2009, 12:36 PM
#65
LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 2
Thanked: 0
I hasn't found pekwm in the list, so compiz is my choice.
02-03-2009, 02:06 PM
#66
LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 19
Thanked: 0
Add JWM eh?
I use JWM alot. Infact I'm using it right now and I use it on my Damn Small Linux Box.
02-03-2009, 08:50 PM
#67
LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2008
Distribution: Debian, Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Slackware, CentOS
Posts: 27
Thanked: 1
Voted for ratpoison, as xfce isn't on the list. Window Maker is a close third, and a fond old friend (right along with AfterStep).
02-04-2009, 03:06 AM
#68
LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 4
Thanked: 0
02-04-2009, 03:49 AM
#69
Member
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: Fedora, Xubuntu, ZenWalk
Posts: 38
Thanked: 0
Quote:
Originally Posted by
voyvf
Voted for ratpoison, as xfce isn't on the list. Window Maker is a close third, and a fond old friend (right along with AfterStep).
XFCE's window manager is XFWM, it is on the list, as i remember.
02-04-2009, 04:25 AM
#70
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 14
Thanked: 0
Fvwm forever, it looks:
Is there any other WM out there that can serve a DESK? The only WM gadget I need is the popup Pager (and bg-click menus) to navigate my desk. The taskbar is a crappy windoze invention. And no, serving several disconnected peepholes doesn't do for anyone who wants to work effectively with lots of windows. OK, at least better than the windoze 1-peephole system. But KDE, Gnome and the like are like walking with golden crutches.
02-04-2009, 11:13 AM
#71
Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: South Carolina
Distribution: Debian testing
Posts: 53
Thanked: 2
Did a lot of testing with light systems in the past few months. OpenBox impressed me with a big feel in a small footprint.
02-04-2009, 12:07 PM
#72
LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 1
Thanked: 0
I would vote for dwm, but as it is not there as option. I go for Fluxbox, as it is what i used to use.
02-05-2009, 05:41 AM
#73
Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Switzerland
Distribution: PCLinuxOS, Slackware 13.0
Posts: 128
Thanked: 0
Voted for Fluxbox. It is always light and clean.
02-06-2009, 07:36 AM
#74
Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Russia
Distribution: NixOS (http://nixos.org)
Posts: 1,812
Thanked: 22
Please add StumpWM - at least in the same line as Ratpoison. It is a Common Lisp rewrite of ratpoison by the original ratpoison author.
02-09-2009, 11:45 PM
#75
LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Indiana
Distribution: Debian Lenny
Posts: 10
Thanked: 0
Where is Pekwm?
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