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View Poll Results: Window Manager of the Year
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Window Maker
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75 |
8.22% |
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Fluxbox
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284 |
31.14% |
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Enlightenment
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80 |
8.77% |
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KWin
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180 |
19.74% |
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Blackbox
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26 |
2.85% |
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IceWM
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83 |
9.10% |
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sawfish
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11 |
1.21% |
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AfterStep
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4 |
0.44% |
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MetaCity
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108 |
11.84% |
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Openbox
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18 |
1.97% |
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fvwm2
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26 |
2.85% |
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Ratpoison
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3 |
0.33% |
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Ion
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14 |
1.54% |
02-02-2005, 04:52 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: AUS
Distribution: Yoper
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WindowMaker  |
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02-02-2005, 04:59 AM
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#62
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Philippines
Distribution: Slackware 10.0
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kde
kde rules!
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02-02-2005, 10:59 AM
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Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Ontario, Canada
Distribution: ArchLinux, VectorLinux, Ubuntu, Debian, Linspire
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For snappiness/speed AND functionality, you can't beat the IceWM / iDesktop / ROX-filer combo!
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02-02-2005, 05:55 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: San Tan Valley, Az
Distribution: Any... but I prefer Debian based...
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uhh are the window manager and desktop environment switched!?
I recall GDM as a Window Manager whereas Fluxbox would be a Desktop Environment...
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02-02-2005, 07:26 PM
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Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Long Island, NY USA
Distribution: Fedora Core 3, Ubuntu Hoary
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Quote:
Originally posted by mindmerge
uhh are the window manager and desktop environment switched!?
I recall GDM as a Window Manager whereas Fluxbox would be a Desktop Environment...
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Fluxbox is a window manager in my view. KDE, Gnome, and XFCE are the major DE's though I believe Enlightenment will qualify once DR17 is released. I *think* that as of 16.7 it is still really a wm. |
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02-02-2005, 10:24 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Location: San Tan Valley, Az
Distribution: Any... but I prefer Debian based...
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Quote:
Originally posted by ratpoison
Fluxbox is a window manager in my view. KDE, Gnome, and XFCE are the major DE's though I believe Enlightenment will qualify once DR17 is released. I *think* that as of 16.7 it is still really a wm.
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I haven't used enlightenment in several years. I'm still not truly sold on any of them... I like aspects of each which I think is the reason I lean toward flux.
I understand your reasoning on the WM/DE. I agree. |
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02-02-2005, 10:31 PM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Mysore, India
Distribution: Fedora Core 1, Xandros desktop OS 2
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I would say IceWM is the WM of the year
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02-08-2005, 07:58 PM
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Registered: Dec 2004
Distribution: Arch Linux
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I think fluxbox is a WM, it only controlls the click menu and a slit...
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02-08-2005, 09:23 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Slackware
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Polls over folks.
But, yeah, fluxbox is not, never was, and hopefully never will be in any way a desktop - pure wm. GDM is a login manager - Gnome is the desktop with metacity (or whatever) for a window manager.
Though it is true the poll's still wrong as me and s_deepak_123 and ylikone know.  |
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02-11-2005, 04:38 AM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: Fedora, Debian
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What is a 'wm' ?
Hi can anyone tell me what exacty a WM is?
Isn't something like Fluxbox and KDE/Gnome the same?
Flux is considered a WM but KDE and Gnome is a DE...
Can someone describe me the difference when differentiating between WM and DE ...
Thanks.
Last edited by zparihar; 02-11-2005 at 04:41 AM.
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02-11-2005, 05:31 AM
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02-12-2005, 11:58 PM
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Registered: Sep 2004
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thanks digiot
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03-29-2005, 08:49 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2004
Location: China
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 13
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fvwm2!!
easy to use and configure!
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10-17-2005, 06:01 AM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Slackware 11 + Dropline Gnome 2.16
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FVWM is the most configurable wm ever... just look at the shots in fvwm.lair.be  |
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