[arch-general] moving away from gnome

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2012-02-26 at 06:50 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> 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

Oops, I haven't read the Wiki about the current situation, before I sent
this email.

I experienced Ion2 as a useful WM, but I wasn't aware of the issue
mentioned in the Wiki.

In Germany we call it "ins Fettnäpfchen treten".

http://www.dict.cc/?s=ins+fettn%C3%A4pchen+treten

> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ion3
> 
> - Ralf