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07-25-2003, 11:23 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Distribution: Mepis Linux 2004
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What WINDOW MANAGERS are there?
ANyone have a site with a list?>
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07-25-2003, 11:44 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
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07-25-2003, 11:49 PM
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Florence, SC
Distribution: Gentoo i386
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I found this site useful when I was first trying out different window managers:
http://www.plig.org/xwinman/
It's also not a bad idea to just browse the Window Managers section of freshmeat.net:
www.freshmeat.net
-Andrew |
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07-26-2003, 07:24 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Jette, Brussels Hoofstedelijk Gewest
Distribution: Debian sid, RedHat 9, Suse 8.2
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Here is a very incomplete list of window managers
9wm
Aewm
Aewm++
Afterstep
Amiwm
Asclassic
BlackBox
CTWM
CWWM
Enlightenment
Evilwm
FluxBox
Flwm
Fvwm2
Fvwm95
GWM
Icewm
Larswm
LWM
KDE
Metacity
MWM
Olvwm
Olwm
Phluid
PWM
Qvwm
Sawfish
TWM
UWM
VTWM
W9WM
Waimea
WindowMaker
WM2
XFCE
ZWM
Apologies to anybody whose favorite window manager I have omitted.
Can anybody add any missing window managers?
Last edited by Corin; 07-26-2003 at 07:27 PM.
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07-26-2003, 07:46 PM
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Plymouth, England.
Distribution: Mostly Debian based systems
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There is also ION, which is really quite weird. Pekwm, which is really minimalist! SWM, which is also minimalist. Openbox, which, not suprisingly, is just like Black/Fluxbox. MWM is quite like Fvwm2, as far as I can tell.
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07-27-2003, 12:05 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Distribution: Mepis Linux 2004
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How can I make it so I can automatically switch between window managers instantly in redhat... like I could on Mandrake?
Last edited by jon_k; 07-27-2003 at 02:54 AM.
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07-27-2003, 02:12 AM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Slackware
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Left off ratpoison. There's *nothing* more minimalist than that in X - it's 'screen' for X apps.
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07-27-2003, 03:34 AM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Greenville, SC
Distribution: Debian, antiX, MX Linux
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The site http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ mentioned earlier is one of the more complete window manager sites I know of, and it is the place I look when I want a description of a particular window or desktop manager. |
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07-27-2003, 05:14 PM
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Plymouth, England.
Distribution: Mostly Debian based systems
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Quote:
Originally posted by digiot
Left off ratpoison. There's *nothing* more minimalist than that in X - it's 'screen' for X apps.
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Well, you could run your app in pure, unabridged X - no WM at all! But that's just silly... or is it? (cue evil cackle) |
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