[NH LoCo] Running linux without Gnome/KDE

[Flaherty, Patrick]

There's also ratpoison (http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/) and Awesome
(http://www.actionshrimp.com/2009/02/installing-awesome-window-manager-o
n-ubuntu-intrepid/).

Good luck customizing your desktop! 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org 
> [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org] On Behalf Of 
> Susan Cragin
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:53 PM
> To: Ubuntu New Hampshire LoCo Team
> Cc: GNHLUG-discussion
> Subject: Re: [NH LoCo] Running linux without Gnome/KDE
> 
> >On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Susan Cragin 
> <susancragin at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> Also tried fvwm by itself. Didn't like it as much as Fluxbox.
> >
> >  FVWM is my preferred window manager/environment.  It's 
> lightweight, 
> >powerful, and hyper-flexible.  But "out of the box" it's not much to 
> >look at; the stock config is pretty minimal and ugly.  If 
> you want to 
> >configure the computer to work *exactly* the way *you* want 
> it, FVWM is 
> >ideal, but all that power comes at a cost.  You're basically 
> building 
> >the layout yourself.  Whether or not that's what you want is 
> entirely 
> >your call.
> >
> >  If you do want to go the FVWM route, I can answer questions.  Post 
> >here or on the gnhlug-discuss list.  I know we've got a couple other 
> >FVWM fans on the gnhlug-discuss list.
> >
> >  To get an idea of what FVWM can do -- and optionally to get some 
> >canned configs you can copy-and-paste ideas from -- check out the 
> >screen shot gallery on the FVWM site:
> >
> >http://www.fvwm.org/screenshots/desktops/
> >
> >  It's telling that you can find a screen shot that looks 
> like pretty 
> >much every other window manager/desktop environment/OS every 
> created, 
> >all done using FVWM.  :)
> >
> >-- Ben
> 
> Wow. Those look great. I still have fvwm, will try to 
> configure it early next week, and take you up on asking about 
> it. Love the look, love fluxbox, too. 
> Too many treats. 
> Next week I'll try to get my ideal window manager configured, 
> and post screenshots, and ask questions from there. 
> --Susan
> 
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