Re: Window managers-which one?
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:40:48PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (31/10/06 14:51), B. Hoffmann wrote:
> > I' ve been installing purely a base sytem this time as opposed to before
> > always going with the default install with Gnome.
>
> > Also for example icewm and fvwm seem to be both window managers and
> > DE's?
> >
>
> Since getting into Debian I've progressed down the scale (of bloat) from
> KDE to Xfce to Enlightenment to Fluxbox. I'm very happy now but guess I
> may get bored and try something else but fluxbox is lean mean but pretty
> functional.
I like basic functionality, configurability, without bloat; I have been
running a 486 for years...
I use icewm. It does everything I want without the struggle of adding
features to a less featurful wm and is low on resource usage. It must
be fast because it doesn't get in the way on the 486.
Doug.
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