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Small Window Managers : for those who do not run NASA machines

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by Didou, Mar 16, 2004.

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  1. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Here's a nice selection of fast & efficient window managers in case KDE, Gnome & the likes run too slow.

    IceWM ( Nodsu's favourite )

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    FluxBox

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    PekWM

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    You can also mix them, for example use fluxbox with Gnome ( instead of the default MetaCity WM ).

    There are quite a few of those faster, more "subtle" WM, if you have any good ones, post them here.
    Didou, Mar 16, 2004
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  2. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Didou, Mar 16, 2004
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  3. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    You left out WindowMaker..

    Fedora Core 1 on my work machine:

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    Nodsu, Mar 17, 2004
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  4. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    I did not forget, I just want to leave the chance for a few others to participate.;)

    AfterStep

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    Didou, Mar 17, 2004
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  5. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    I guess I'm a sort of extremist here - either full KDE or no X at all :)

    I used to use Gnome + Enlightenment some years ago but changed to KDE (for personal reasons ;))
    Mictlantecuhtli, Mar 17, 2004
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  6. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Well either KDE or Gnome were way too slow on my K6-2 450mhz. It wasn't a ram problem since that machine has 384mb & more then half of it was empty. I installed WindowMaker & IceWM & they're blazing fast on that machine.

    Most of the time it's in Runlevel 3 anyways, since it's only crunching seti but I sometimes use it for something & Gnome/KDE are so unresponsive on it, I sometimes just go back Runlevel to do the commands.:dead:

    I'm gonna play around with the other available WMs & see which I decide to keep.:)
    Didou, Mar 17, 2004
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  7. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Didou, Mar 18, 2004
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  8. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    BlackBoxWM

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    *Edit* BlackBox is no longer maintained. Some of the BlackBox programmers are now working on either FluxBox or Kahakai.
    Didou, Mar 18, 2004
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  9. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Didou, Mar 29, 2004
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  10. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Mictlantecuhtli, Aug 1, 2004
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