Re: Metacity window manager
Have a look for:
fspanel, fbpanel, matchbox-panel, perlpanel
for the panel (you coud perhaps scavenge the panel from xfce too)
docker
for the system tray (it's not an easy piece, it seems the DE developpers
haven't agreed on a standard by now)
deskmenu, mmenu, flin, gtk-menu, zwmenu, perlpanel
for some menus.
I found those using "apt-cache search <keyword>", you can find more
information on a package using "apt-cache show <package>"
For some icons, you could use ROX-Filer.
gdesklets gives you some functionalities (system-tray, sone kind of
panels) and a bit of eye-candy.
If you want a lightweight wm with a menu, a pager, and like to twiddle
some configurations, try fvwm: the standard debian configuration is
ugly, but you can get some real nice look (have a look here:
http://www.lynucs.org/?fvwm). It got very far since the last time I
checked it. It comes with a lot of modules you can use if you want them
or put away if you want it really lightweight. I just haven't found the
way to get docker working correctly with.
have fun
urs
Otto Wyss wrote:
I installed Metacity to see how it looks like. Well Metacity doesn't
have a popup menu, taskbar etc as it states in the doc since they have
to be added as additional components. So far so good but how do I find
these components? There seems to be no metacity mailing list or other
docs and the package descriptions don't give any clue. Has anybody an
idea where to look for?
O. Wyss
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