Re: Most Polite Apps for Window Managers?

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

Esteban Martinez wrote:
> Ed Sutherland wrote:
>
> > I'm considering moving from one of the giant desktop environments 
> > (Gnome) to a svelter window manager (blackbox or windowmaker.) I 

  no need to consider:-) you can just try different WMs, most of them 
even without restarting X (last time I tried it KDE didn't alow this), 
just go to the main (debian) menu and pick a WM from Window Manager menu.

> > understand some apps require only the gnome or kde toolkits, while 
> > others require the whole kit-and-kaboodle to operate. I'm wondering if 
> > these app categories can politely run in a window manager (that is, 
> > using just the gnome toolkit.)
> >
> > E-mail (Thunderbird)
> > Web (Firefox)
> > Office (OpenOffice)

  these run ok with different WMs

  in general there are (almost) no problems related to running apps in 
different WMs

> > Contacts (Rubrica)

  never tried this one,

	erik