Re: Re[2]: Advice take two :)
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>>>>> "Heather" == Heather <star@betelgeuse.starshine.org> writes:
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MJ> ... (many others)
Heather> check Freshmeat.net for its window manager section in the
Heather> appindex.
(from the why-didn't-I-think-of-this-before dept.)
Or for pre-dpkg'd window managers, "apt-cache search x-window-manager".
Each WM is supposed to provide the x-window-manager virtual package,
which is what causes this to work. Just ignore the x-window-system-core
package. The reason it's there is because it mentions x-window-manager
in its description.
Then, if you see a package that looks interesting,
"apt-cache show <package-name>" to get a longer description.
Of course, checking freshmeat.net as Heather suggested is good too,
because you can find more window managers, and you can usually find the
wm's web page, where they have screenshots and talk about the purpose
for the wm.
>> Supercool - where can I see some info and screenshots for each?
[Heather's reply snipped]
As a word of warning, a lot of the popular wm's like E and sawfish can
be made to look a lot like each other, so comparing screenshots may not
be particularly useful. Usually the differences that are most important
are memory usage (especially important for laptop owners), speed, and
configurability. For memory usage and speed, blackbox is supposedly
good (I'm surprised no one has recommended it yet), but I think the look
of it is pretty limited. That's usually OK, though, because its default
look is pretty slick. twm and fvwm are among the least
resource-intensive wm's, but are harder to configure, and you have less
options (in terms of looks, you can change the colours and fonts, but
that's about it). E is quite configurable, and comes with a config
program, but is quite resource intensive. sawfish seems to be about
right for me, but YMMV.
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