Gimme that old time interface...

[Tony Lambiris]

I've used all desktop environments and minimalistic window managers:
GNOME, KDE, Fluxbox, blackbox, WindowMaker, AfterStep, FVWM,
Enlightenment, Openbox, ton of them, and for the past 6+ months I've
been using wmii which I have to say is by far the best out of all the
minimalistic Window Mangers. The keys are very intuitive, more-so than
Ion, ratpoison, dwm, etc. If you want to try it out I highly suggest
using the latest snapshot (http://www.suckless.org/snaps/). As long as
wmii is being somewhat actively developed, I can't see myself using
anything else. I am about 50% more efficient at working now due to the
layout and structure of how wmii works.

On Nov 14, 2007 9:10 AM, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 14, 2007 12:30 AM, Star <nhstar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I know Ben has his 'puter wired to Model 37 Teletype, 'cause that's
> > how Unix was meant to be run ...
>
>   ROTFL!
>
>   Actually, I use FVWM.  It's about as completely customizable as you
> can get (short of modifying source code), so I can tweak it to be
> *just like* I want it.  It's keyboard friendly.  It's extensible, with
> a large library of existing modules, plus a Perl interface for writing
> quick scripts.  It lets me run a lightweight desktop that works the
> way *I* want it to.
>
>   "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in."
>
>   But it also lets you run any sort of eye candy you want.  If you
> want bling, it's there.  And you can mix-and-match, so if you like a
> NextStep-style Wharf with Windows 95 window trim, yah, we got that.
> And it's been updated to support things like modern WM hints, GNOME
> hooks, or whatever you like.
>
>   A Google Image Search for "fvwm" gives you a good idea of what one
> can do with FVWM for bling:
>
> http://www.google.com/images?q=fvwm
>
> -- Ben
>
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