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fracturedmind 04-19-2003 10:56 PM

Window Managers (Linux)
 
Well first, whats your favorite?

Then, a question: I just started experimenting with ones other than Gnome (Red Hat 9.0 here) such as IceWM and Enlightenment. I like IceWM because its insanely light, I run 'startx' and bam, there I am.

My question is -- do I need to run/addon something else to have it like a normal desktop like Gnome (desktop icons, quicklinks, ability to view my files like a windows explorer, all the nooblar stuff?) I ran Nautilus from Ice, and it did put my icons and backgroup from Gnome up, but that kind of defeats the purpose because I'm trying to cut down on all the stuff I'm running ... in short, I just wan to figure out how to change my desktop / add desktop icons (or icons on the task bar) / maybe set up some keyboard shortcuts for things -- all in IceWM instead of Gnome.

Thanks :) And let me know which Manager is your favorite :)

skinnedmink 04-20-2003 12:10 AM

I'm a Linux noob but I love KDE because I like really lame things to do. For example, I am a huge fan of the fuzzy clock option. I mean, we have watches on our arms ,VCR, walls, computers, dvdplayers, sound systems, stoves, coffeemakers, microwaves, and cell phones. Do I really need to know the exact time from my computer?

Sorry once again that I can't help ya. Should check out some IRC rooms because they would be more then happy to help ya.

chodarama 04-20-2003 12:16 AM

Personally, I prefer Enlightenment to anything else I've tried. E17 will be a desktop shell rather than window manager like the previous versions (E16). Take a look at the screenshots for the new version: http://www.enlightenment.org/pages/shots.html

IceWM and Enlightenment are only window managers for X, currently. KDE and gnome are APIs that use X for gui apps. You can change the background and add icons to the "desktop" in Enlightenment and Icewm. Check out their websites and read the FAQ for more info.

Dave 04-20-2003 01:26 AM

I seem to remember that back in the days of redhat 5.2, I had X and windowmaker going from startx to workable in approx 5 seconds (that includes the time that it took to resync the monitor and it was a P120 with a whole 24MB of ram). Now, it's still just as fast on everything I try to run it with.

Honestly, I don't see why you'd need to run something as bloated as gnome for the things that you want. I feel that desktop icons are mostly useless (well, that's just my opinion). All I have on my screen is a few wm dockapps and whatever program I'm running. Other than that, everything gets done with a few (quite a few) rxvt's.

Of course, having a window manager that can handle a large number of virtual desktops is good for quickly switching between tasks. Windowmaker accomplishes this well, and then uses alt+n for switching to whichever desktop you want. Nice, fast, easy to remember and requires less mouse usage.

SecretMethod70 04-20-2003 02:21 AM

KDE. I used to prefer Gnome back in the days when SuSE was free and Red Hat was around, I believe, version 5. Been using KDE for the past 2.5 years or so though.

Crimson 04-20-2003 03:19 AM

fracturedmind:

For desktop icons you will need iDesk - Look it up

For a 'windows explorer' interface I would just use nautilus (nautilus --no-desktop will run it like it should)

For buttons on the taskbar I suggest you check the documentation for your WM of choice - Try googling for '[name] icons in taskbar' A lot of linux questions can be answered that way - especially the 'nooblar' stuff

phunktastic 04-20-2003 04:30 AM

waimea is supposed to be pretty good. Based off blackbox. www.waimea.com

Planning on trying it out today

bullgoose 04-20-2003 06:10 AM

XFCE is my personal favorite; it's lightweight but still full-featured. It's pretty too.

Orionath 04-20-2003 08:17 AM

I'm a great fan of Windowmaker.
I had to hack the default RedHat gnome configuration file to stop it from loading the RedHat version of Windowmaker and use the "real" version.

For a file manager, I like ROX-filer.
http://rox.sourceforge.net
It's static linked, so it's easy to install on any linux system no matter which Xwindows manager you are using.

fracturedmind 04-20-2003 09:52 AM

Thanks guys :)

I'm running IceWM now, I figured out the whole "start menu" and "quickbar" icons in the files, I figure I dont need to run a file manager anyway since I use the terminal for most everything, and your right, Dave, desktop icons are pretty useless -- I guess I was just so used to them being there heh, I relize now I rarely if ever used them.

Thanks again.


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