Best windows manager (opinions)
 

Ok i would like to know what you all think is th best windows manager... I have a slow computer right now (for linux atleat) it's only 266 mghz so faster is better.....

Thanks alot in advanced :D

twm - light but annoying :)

we really don't need to keep repeating ourselves. always try searching in future. thanks.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=34255

How do i install them though??? I installed the rpm files but it doesn't show up as an option when i log in?!?!?!?!?

another question that get's asked an awful lot, and one that i don't answer as i do it the hard way and don't bother with all that log in manager junk. have a search, should be plenty of simialr posts.

I myself enjoy Midnight commander.

midnight commander is not a window manager.

if i wrote a window manager for ascii-art lib or svgalib (or ncurses), would it be a window manager?

verigoth

Why not there was a project going on a couple of years ago based on that exact idea, so welcome anti-desktop http://themes.freshmeat.net/articles/view/581/
which is follow up of what was abondon.

Try Blackbox and/or one of its varients (Fluxbox, Openbox, Waimea, etc.). They're minimal, light and fast and they free up your system resources for little things like running apps.

Afterstep woul run fine on a computer that speed. You can use the gnome panel with it too. Dont run wharf or the winlist, for some reason wharf especially can use alot of processor. I used to run afterstep on a 133mhz and it was fast enough. Id recommend compiling yourself, there are some useful configure options.

the question was supposed to be one of those unanswerable questions (e.g. if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around, does it make a sound?)...can you have a window manager if you have no windowing system? the answer, of course, is no. this is because it would not be a window manager, per say, but more likely a shell or some other term...

verigoth