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

David Rosenstrauch darose at darose.net
Wed Jun 10 14:41:12 EDT 2009


Andrei Thorp wrote:
> 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.

I used to like ion too, till the developer started taking a hostile 
attitude with the open source community.

DR


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