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Re: Need Window Manager recommendation



Thanks for this recommendation. I just downloaded the uwm/ude combination
and it is indeed awesome!

Glenn Becker
Online Producer, Community
SCIFI.COM

At 9:42pm on Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Matthew Sackman wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 01:21:39PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote:
> > Eric Richardson wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > I just recently installed Debian 2.2r0 and did a apt-get update apt-get
> > > dist-upgrade so I'm up to date on stable - I think.
> > > 
> > > I loaded all the gnome stuff and the default display manager xdm and
> > > window manager twm. I have since replaced xdm with gdm and I would like
> > > to replace twm with one that is more fitting for use with gnome -
> > > besides I don't really like it. I'm interested in stability and I don't
> > > want it to take too much memory.
> > > 
> 
> If you want something that is really fast, takes up very little memory and
> is possible the most functional wm in existance then try ude and uwm. Once
> I got the hang of the title-bar-less nature of this wm I have never looked
> back. I know this sounds like a blatent plug, but it really is how I feel:
> I've looked at kwm, xdm, fvwm, bb, window-maker, sawmill, but none are as
> good in terms of functionality (IMO) as uwm.
> 
> Try it.
> 
> Matthew
> 
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> 
> Matthew Sackman
> Nottingham,
> ENGLAND
> 
> Using Debian/GNU Linux
> Enjoying computing
> 
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