[arch-general] Openbox - great lightweight desktop, similar to icewm, but better in several regards

David C. Rankin drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Wed Jun 10 14:29:32 EDT 2009


On Wednesday 10 June 2009 07:47:04 Andrei Thorp wrote:
> I come from a place where they say, "Friends don't let friends use
> non-tiling window managers" ;)
>
> As such, while we're on the topic, I think nothing really gives you
> your bang for your computer power like a tiling wm does.
>
> Some of the best ones now seem to be:
>
>  - Xmonad
>  - Wmii
>  - Awesome WM (My personal favourite which comes with a run prompt,
> menus, and notifications built in)
>
> These systems tend to take more effort to run, but are very rewarding
> when you learn them. They let you work faster and better than ever,
> and are some of the most customizable window managers ever made. I've
> also noted a rather large community within Arch that uses tiling WMs
> and especially Awesome where it seems like half the IRC channel's on
> Arch.
>
> Sorry for the plug, cheers ;)
>
> -AT

	Nothing to apologize for, this is the way the community is exposed to new 
projects and good new alternatives to add to the bag of tricks. I'll 
definitely take a look at Awesome first. Thanks! 

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