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View Poll Results: Window Manager of the Year
awesome 10 2.48%
bspwm 2 0.50%
Compiz 32 7.92%
dwm 9 2.23%
Enlightenment 29 7.18%
Fluxbox 48 11.88%
FVWM 12 2.97%
herbstluftwm 3 0.74%
i3 24 5.94%
IceWM 16 3.96%
JWM 4 0.99%
KWin 82 20.30%
Marco 5 1.24%
MetaCity 4 0.99%
Mutter 5 1.24%
Notion 0 0%
Openbox 53 13.12%
Ratpoison 1 0.25%
Sawfish 3 0.74%
spectrwm 4 0.99%
twm 7 1.73%
Window Maker 6 1.49%
wmii 0 0%
xfwm4 38 9.41%
xmonad 3 0.74%
Muffin 2 0.50%
StumpWM 2 0.50%
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Old 12-15-2014, 08:52 PM   #1
jeremy
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Window Manager of the Year

If you are looking for KDE, Gnome, MATE, Unity, etc they are in the Desktop Environment Award.

--jeremy
 
Old 12-15-2014, 09:23 PM   #2
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Fluxbox has remained the favorite for my systems, it stands the test of time without surprises.
 
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Old 12-15-2014, 09:50 PM   #3
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+1 on Fluxbox. It is my comfort food/window manager.
 
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Old 12-15-2014, 10:38 PM   #4
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i3 is where I feel at home.
 
Old 12-16-2014, 02:50 AM   #5
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Fluxbox, again. i3 is the only tiling WM I've tried - it's OK.
 
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Old 12-16-2014, 02:57 AM   #6
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herbstluftwm has won me over from i3. I still also use jwm, icewm and fluxbox.
 
Old 12-16-2014, 08:33 PM   #7
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fluxbox. it's just so easy to configure and customise, and so robust. and yet minimal.
 
Old 12-16-2014, 09:37 PM   #8
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I vote for dwm window manager. I was looking for a bare one. I had installed twm before but it's lot difficult working with multiple apps.
I tried dwm and it makes it lot easy.

Though I have used openbox which is also good.

I am planning of using enlightenment window manager which as the site says works on minimal system.
 
Old 12-17-2014, 06:29 AM   #9
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I've voted openbox
Last edited by kooru; 12-17-2014 at 06:30 AM.
 
Old 12-17-2014, 09:34 AM   #10
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Unhappy Muffin
I would have chosen Muffin but sadly it is not in the list so I chose Compiz.

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Old 12-17-2014, 10:42 AM   #11
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Mostly I use either XFWM4 or Marco depending on the DE (XFCE or MATE) I use. My vote is XFWM4.
 
Old 12-17-2014, 10:56 AM   #12
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I will abstain from this category. I am not sure I understand the difference between the desktop environment and a windows manager.
 
Old 12-17-2014, 11:31 AM   #13
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Muffin has been added.

--jeremy
 
Old 12-17-2014, 02:11 PM   #14
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I just use what ever XFCE jams in there. I really couldn't care less, as long as it works.
 
Old 12-17-2014, 03:47 PM   #15
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No vote, see you in Desktop Environment for KDE...
 
  


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