There are a bunch of light window managers
that I built from source on a slax platform
(6.1.1 and 6.2.0) and, of course, could be built
on slackware. But there still remain to
figure out the startup scripts, configs
(eg, xinitrc.windowlab, ..., menu generators, etc.)
If anybody is interested in having a look at it
I can post the slax modules (the slaxbuild is included)
and write then post SlackBuilds
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WindowLab is a small and simple window manager of novel design.
It has a click-to-focus but not raise-on-focus policy, a window
resizing mechanism that allows one or many edges of a window to
be changed in one action, and an innovative menubar that shares
the same part of the screen as the taskbar. Window titlebars
are prevented from going off the edge of the screen by
constraining the mouse pointer, and when appropriate the
pointer is also constrained to the taskbar/menubar in order
to make target menu items easier to hit.
http://nickgravgaard.com/windowlab/
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pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was
based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved
enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all.
It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping
(similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties, xinerama,
keygrabber that supports keychains, and much more.
o Lightweight and Unobtrusive,
a window manager shouldn't be noticed.
o Very configurable, we all work and think in different ways.
o Automatic properties, for all the lazy people, make things
appear as they should when starting applications.
o Chainable Keygrabber, usability for everyone.
http://pekwm.org/projects/pekwm
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ion is a tiling enabled window manager
designed with keyboard users in mind.
It requires the presence of lua.
http://iki.fi/tuomov/ion/
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JWM is a window manager for the X11 Window System.
JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum.
The following libraries can also be used if available:
o libXext for the shape extension
o libXext for the render extension
o libXmu for drawing rounded windows (shape extension also needed)
o libXinerama for Xinerama support
o libXpm for XPM backgrounds and icons
o libjpeg for JPEG backgrounds and icons
o libpng for PNG backgrounds and icons
o libxft for antialiased and true type fonts
o libfribidi for right-to-left language support
http://www.joewing.net/programs/jwm/