On Wed, 2015-12-30 at 04:49 -0700, Leonid Isaev wrote:
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:57:48AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Xfce4
After an update e.g. a small window title bar with a clean design, became a fat thing with a Microsoft appeal.
Wrong. It's not xfwm4, but the default gtk3 theme. Just use a gtk2 xfwm4 theme and be happy :) Or better yet, recompile libxfce4ui w/o gtk3 support.
Zen{,x} are gtk2/gtk3 themes, however, I don't remember if the chosen window bar belongs to the Zen{,x} themes, however, it was ok for years and _within_ a major release it got broken.
tiling WMs (i3, jwm)
JWM isn't a tiling WM, it's a stacking WM very close to openbox, with a neutral, not blatant look. AFAIK it's the most lightweight WM. The look is timeless nineties, not fashion flashy nineties. For serious work I can't imagine any bad it could lead too, when being steady. The look is not as blatant as Win 98, XT, Win 7 look, other than the window title bar I got after the Xfce4 upgrade, it looks much like Windows.