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in case anyone is interested in a functional comparison of rather niche DEs, check this thread on #! forums http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18273
by zalew 14y ago
in case anyone is interested in a functional comparison of rather niche DEs, check this thread on #! forums http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18273 http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18273 "30 Window Managers in 30 days"
Stacking Window managers
Day 1.5 -- Housekeeping
Day 2 -- jwm
Day 3 -- flwm
Day 4 -- fluxbox
Day 5 -- pekwm
Day 6 -- twm
Day 7 -- evilwm
Day 8 -- windowlab
Day 9 -- lwm and wm2
Day 10 -- aewm
Tiling Window Managers
Day 11 -- scrotwm
Day 12 -- wmii
Day 13 -- i3
Day 14 -- wmfs
Day 15 -- dwm
Day 16 -- catwm and dminiwm
Day 17 -- snapwm and monsterwm
Day 18 -- musca
Day 19 -- tmux
Day 20 -- ratpoison
Random Other Window Managers
Day 21 -- sithwm
Day 22 -- euclid-wm
Day 23 -- oroborus
Day 24 -- icewm
Day 25 -- herbstluftwm
Day 26 -- dvtm
Day 27 -- sapphire and cwm
Day 28 -- echinus and larswm
Day 29 -- xmonad and awesome
Day 30 -- tinywm
- astrobe_ 14y agoThe author completely missed the point about sithwm, which has actually no virtual desktops but one big desktop and your screen is the viewport on it.
- zalew 14y agowow, after your comment I just checked out its page and it's an amazing blast from the past http://sithwm.darkside.no/ http://sithwm.darkside.no/ :) http://sithwm.darkside.no/menu.png http://sithwm.darkside.no/menu.png is it even that eyes follow cursor thingie? :)
- dfc 14y agoxeyes = eyes follow the cursor thingie
- tadfisher 14y agoWhen I dabbled in writing a tiling WM in python, xeyes was my go-to testing app. It doesn't grab focus ever, which is nice when you haven't yet coded up focus grabbing (or keybindings, even). I would test my tiling algorithms by filling up the screen with hundreds of eyeballs in a Xephyr instance. My roommate seriously started worrying about my mental health :)
- sliverstorm 14y agoHooray for i3! Best one I've found for managing a ton of windows that all need a lot of space.
- pasbesoin 14y agoI've been dipping a foot into i3, and so far, so good. As for LDXE, I wish it came with better multi-monitor support, out of the box. Were that the case, I'd start pointing people with older machines at it.