Oh my gosh! Replaces the kernel... I think I'll pass for now. Everything's working just fine ;)

Replacing the kernel option isn't a huge deal since upgrades are usually beneficial and all one need do is uncheck the box for proposed kernel upgrade if you don't want to bother upgrading a kernel or if you just prefer (as I do) to install your own and incidentally keeping the working kernel as backup insurance.

Thanks enorbet, I will keep that info in mind. Not today, however ;)

You have an undeniable talent at this Bindestreck! Very impressed with your theming, top notch.

Window Maker Menu Configuration
 

Since I seem to be in a minority of Slackware enthusiasts who likes Window Maker as my default desktop, I wonder if it has anything to do with its menu configuration system? Are people sufficiently aware that Window Maker has a very good GUI menu editor? That is, unlike many of the other small-footprint window managers out there (Fluxbox, Openbox, Blackbox, IceWM) Window Maker does not take kindly to direct text editing of the user-specific mouse driven menus. In fact if you do that the changes won't be permanent as they system will keep the original. On the other hand the GUI editor is very intuitive and its changes once saved are permanent.

There are actually two GUI menu editors available for Window Maker. One is the older default "WPrefs" command (/usr/lib64/GNUstep/Applications/WPrefs.app/WPrefs), which is traditionally activated via the WMDock icon. However there's also a newer alternative GUI editor called "wmakerconf" which is available as a SlackBuild. Some people dislike Window Maker's square icons, but they can be made much smaller than the default if that is desired, as one of many tweaks available from the editors. In addition the secondary "ghost" icons which normally show up for each active application, can be made invisible by specifying that one of the "drawers" in the right-hand dock area will "auto-attract them".

Another easy customization is placing all your favorite desktop images in ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds/ after which they will automatically appear in Appearance->Background->Images for swapping between them.

So there it is, my defense of the lowly Window Maker.

One might say that Window Maker aged well, good post @Cabbie001 :thumbsup:

Yep, the only place where WMaker is showing it's age is that the WINGs library used by the WPrefs UI and dockapps doesn't really scale to today's higher dpi screens, so it gets really small (same issue as xine-ui's settings dialog).

These days I use fvwm2 instead, but I've always had a soft spot for Wmaker.

I have had this in my ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu for so long that I have lost where it came from.
It automatically generates an application menu structure.
Lowly Window Maker may be, but it suits me.

The only glitch I have experienced with the recent upgrades has been the need to start the xfce4-notifyd daemon so that nm-applet would receive DBUS notifications.

Plasma 5 with a picture I took the other day. I'll hopefully get back to some kite aerial photography wallpapers next time I get a chance to fly.

Nice desktop

That is a very interesting snippet of code. I've never seen that self-generated submenu in any default WMRootMenu files, but pasting it into mine does exactly the same thing. Always something new. Or should I say: "Something old, something new."

Looking back, I think I adapted the code snippet from this.
@Cabbie001 - Thanks for the information on being able to change the default icon size. I always thought it should be possible but have never found out how to do it.

Again, interesting. Looks like that was introduced in 2013. But the command -- /usr/bin/wmmenugen -- will spit out the subdirectory's contents on the command line, as you can see in WM_Menu_Generated.txt; and that if copied over to the WMRootMenu (after backing up of course!) will then use only the Generated menu as your full menu. (see GeneratedMenu.jpg)

You're welcome re the icons. If you have not already found it, you might enjoy checking the "Auto-arrange Icons" option (see IconPreferences.jpg). After doing that, there is no more need for icon maintenance as they organize themselves automatically each time you activate an application. The remaining icons then fill the gap and re-arrange themselves in order of most-recently used (right-to-left).

Cheers

My Slackware current DE

I see now you're referring to how the WPrefs UI does not scale up, is of fixed size. I hadn't noticed it since for me the resolution seems fine even on my large 1920x1080 monitor.
Fvwm is also very cool and hearkens back to the early days of Unix Xwindows, or at least the look of it. (first version 1993 looks like)
However I find it rather difficult to configure. The menus are embedded within the .fvwmrc (or .fvwm2rc) file, and with kind of tricky syntax.
I see there are alternate theme packages too, but how to implement them is unclear.
Can you show us your current configuration with a screenshot?