Best Window Manager

kousik_s · 09-12-2004, 01:38 PM

Hi everyone,

This is a pretty basic question. Just for fun.

What in ur opinion is the best window manager around. I like KDE, but people like Gnome. I like KDE because I like its ease of use and the desktop. Lets see what others have got to say.

Thanks.

Boffy · 09-12-2004, 02:24 PM

Aghh with the red. I like the poll but the question should be what is your favourite not what is more popular, thats not an opinion thing.

TrickFinlay22 · 09-12-2004, 03:09 PM

flux here

elvee · 09-12-2004, 03:42 PM

I like kde. I like the eye candy and i think gnome looks dumb. Enlightenment was alright but there was a bunch of things i hated. Fluxbox and blackbox are both decent, however I still like kde more.

kousik_s · 09-12-2004, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Boffy
I like the poll but the question should be what is your favourite not what is more popular, thats not an opinion thing.

Hi Boffy,

My opinion is, one leads to the other. I guess, if more people are using KDE (results till now), it means KDE is more popular, it is so because it is favoured by more people. Just a thought.

Guys, I have tried out several WM like Gnome and IceWM. But always came back to KDE. It is eye-candy and is functional. Also it is developing fast and specific applications are made for it like kmix, konqueror.

Here is link to a page with comparisons between different WM:
http://xwinman.org/comparisons.html

WindowMaker has Application dock which is different from KDE. It is quite handy, and those with slow machines will find this nice.

Thanks

Hammett · 09-12-2004, 05:52 PM

Fluxbox here. Although I really like as well Enlightenment...

caladbolg · 09-12-2004, 05:58 PM

Fluxbox definately. Its light, its fast, its clean, its simple.

Mega Man X · 09-12-2004, 11:36 PM

Depends of day

. Flux is nice, but I've used much more blackbox then Fluxbox. In this box I'm now I'm running KDE. I use a lot of KDE tools, specially Knotes (yup, it's true). Though, in another box running SuSE 8.2 Pro, I'm testing Ximian Desktop 2, and it's pretty nice.

I voted for KDE, but it really depends of the day

Boffy · 09-13-2004, 04:56 AM

KDE is best

Boby · 09-13-2004, 05:33 AM

KDE, KDE and again KDE ... it just rocks

insyte · 09-13-2004, 05:40 AM

GNOME

Boffy · 09-13-2004, 07:41 AM

Why gnome? It may look a little slicker but its features are worse and its compatability with kde applications is so poor I can't get away with it.

kousik_s · 09-13-2004, 08:55 AM

Hi,

I think Gnome is based on Metacity. Which is also available separately. Is Gnome just a theme of Metacity then?

theYinYeti · 09-13-2004, 09:53 AM

There's a problem with this poll because Gnome does not have an integrated window manager. You use Gnome+ Enlightment, or IceWM, or Metacity, or...

As far as I'm concerned, I wanted to vote for Matchbox, but it isn't there so I voted for IceWM, because I think it is a nice WM for beginners with a not-very-powerfull PC.

Yves.

mdg · 09-13-2004, 11:03 AM

E for me pleez