Re: Good window manager for laptop
A particularily light window manager is FLWM (Fast and Light WM) which
is included with Debian as of 2.2/Potato. Check it out at
flwm.sourceforge.net. I currently have two desktops running and the
memory footprint is 750 kb. I am a BIG fan of FLWM and here are a
couple of reasons:
o lightweight and uses very few colors (duh)
o window title bars are on the left side of the window (not the top)
which means you can use EVERY PIXEL in the verticle direction
o The window decorations include maximize-verticle maximize-horizontal
buttons (as opposed CTL-SHFT-Click-Maximize or something)
o Menus and submenus of applications are very easy to setup and do not
require root privliges.
o Supports multiple desktops (Ctl-Tab between them or via mouse/popup menu)
o Many keyboard shortcuts
o The source is very short so it's easy to tweek. (it's based on the
FLTK -- Fast and Light Tool kit)
o of course, it's GPLed
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