[arch-general] moving away from gnome

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2012-02-26 at 02:41 +0200, Tasos Latsas wrote:
> On 25/02/12 21:07, Andrea Crotti wrote:
> [...]
> > I would also like to try xmonad finally, but I've never been able to
> > configure it yet.  I have an ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file (the default one
> > copied) that compiles perfectly, but if I try a startx the screen just
> > stays blank, without logging any error in the Xorg.0.log.
> > 
> > Any idea of what it could be?
> 
> FYI from the Xmonad FAQ [1]:
> 
> "XMonad is a minimal window manager, meaning it doesn't set a
> background, start a status bar, display a splash screen or play a
> soothing sound effect when it starts up."
> 
> See [2][3] for more info on how to configure it.
> 
> [1] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions
> [2] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad
> [3] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmonad

Years ago I used Ion2. You might take a look at Ion3. It's another frame
based WM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_%28window_manager%29
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ion3

- Ralf