Window Manager of the Year

jeremy · 01-13-2010, 09:11 AM

We don't plan on adding an "Other" option to any of the polls, but feel free to post your Other suggestions as comments.

--jeremy

raju.mopidevi · 01-13-2010, 08:36 PM

compiz

indienick · 01-15-2010, 10:02 PM

I voted for xmonad, as it's the closest thing there is to a comfortable, tiling window manager.

StumpWM comes close, but I just wish it didn't force the need for a prefix key-sequence - I personally wish it behaved a little more like xmonad.

As far as other WMs I use go, I am also quite partial to CWM (on OpenBSD).

Rumor · 01-18-2010, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremy

We don't plan on adding an "Other" option to any of the polls, but feel free to post your Other suggestions as comments.

--jeremy

Pekwm

DoogieHowser · 01-19-2010, 09:18 PM

I Vote fvwm

anticapitalista · 01-20-2010, 09:05 AM

fluxbox gets the vote, but icewm is not far behind. (BTW icewm theme problems are now fixed)

the1sephiroth · 01-20-2010, 12:44 PM

I haven't invested much time in finding the differences between any of these and so I stick with the default for ubuntu. Which I'm pretty sure is metacity. And I enable the effects which makes it fun

If I'm wrong, oh well -- metacity gets an uninformed vote.

AleLinuxBSD · 01-20-2010, 12:54 PM

icewm
I like is simple configuration and i use it on Linux and Bsd system, in the future i hope to use it even on OpenSolaris.

MrCode · 01-20-2010, 03:16 PM

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...And I enable the effects which makes it fun If I'm wrong, oh well -- metacity gets an uninformed vote.

I'm pretty sure if you've enabled Desktop Effects you're no longer using Metacity; it switches to Compiz. It's okay, though, Compiz is cool

ntrudaglich · 01-20-2010, 04:21 PM

I've been running Fvwm on Slackware for some time now, and just started playing around with Awesome on OpenBSD. So I voted Fvwm.

the1sephiroth · 01-20-2010, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MrCode

I'm pretty sure if you've enabled Desktop Effects you're no longer using Metacity; it switches to Compiz. It's okay, though, Compiz is cool

Thanks for the info. But it seems that my vote went to the wrong place =)

SpaceGoat · 01-20-2010, 11:50 PM

I cast another vote for the elegance of simplicity

trentfox · 01-21-2010, 05:44 AM

Openbox was my selection; implementated is fantastic in #!CrunchBang.

exvor · 01-21-2010, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by anticapitalista

fluxbox gets the vote, but icewm is not far behind. (BTW icewm theme problems are now fixed)

Ahh I do see that they have some changes this year I will have to download it and compile it promptly. I really do hope the themes have been fixed I will have to test it and see if its working. I am actually surprised to see this out since there was no activity on the mailing list( I am currently subscribed). I know that I mentioned it so maybe someone saw that and did some work

DJ_Maiko · 01-21-2010, 07:59 PM

Fluxbox & Metacity are ok. Compiz is pretty cool. But my vote goes to Enlightenment. By far, the most elegant & pretty window manager I've ever seen! The only downside is that it's a bit of a resource-hog which makes sense considering all it's doing & I can live with that.