Comments on: The Big X Window Manager Guide (with Screenshots) http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/ Linux, open source and delicious cake Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: seo http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-8046 seo Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:48:44 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-8046 A window manager in GNU/Linux is a piece of software which controls placement and appearance of windows in a graphical user interface in X. So, what you get is a module which could be used in a desktop environment, or as a desktop environment (in conjuction with other modules, such as a idesk). All the WMs listed here can easily be obtained through your distribution’s respective repositories. A window manager in GNU/Linux is a piece of software which controls placement and appearance of windows in a graphical user interface in X. So, what you get is a module which could be used in a desktop environment, or as a desktop environment (in conjuction with other modules, such as a idesk). All the WMs listed here can easily be obtained through your distribution’s respective repositories.

]]> By: Böcek ilaçlama http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-8045 Böcek ilaçlama Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:47:54 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-8045 As promised, today we’ll take a look at the various interesting window managers for the X Window System which aren’t (necessarily) a part of a certain desktop environment (that means Enlightenment DR 17 doesn’t count here people, sorry, please take a look at the desktop environment guide) As promised, today we’ll take a look at the various interesting window managers for the X Window System which aren’t (necessarily) a part of a certain desktop environment (that means Enlightenment DR 17 doesn’t count here people, sorry, please take a look at the desktop environment guide)

]]> By: Psykonerd http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-7960 Psykonerd Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:56:39 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-7960 I would like a windowmanager, where you could place dropdown-boxes allover the desktop. In these drobboxes it should be possible to start programs, and many more things like edit stuf'shit. I'd like to be able to edit/change my desktop the way I want, no districtions. I would like a windowmanager, where you could place dropdown-boxes allover the desktop. In these drobboxes it should be possible to start programs, and many more things like edit stuf’shit.
I’d like to be able to edit/change my desktop the way I want, no districtions.

]]> By: Michael Allen http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-7725 Michael Allen Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:09:03 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-7725 Why Blackbox? My firewall is an OpenBSD box with three NICs. I bridge two of the NICs and the third cron's my logs to my hidden subnet. I'm running PF, Etherape, and Snort. I don't need fancy translucent windows, a pager, a taskbar, or eye candy. What I need is a small, fast, reliable gui to monitor my firewall/IDS. Blackbox rocks! P.S. It works great on my Soekris appliances too. Why Blackbox?
My firewall is an OpenBSD box with three NICs. I bridge two of the NICs and the third cron’s my logs to my hidden subnet. I’m running PF, Etherape, and Snort. I don’t need fancy translucent windows, a pager, a taskbar, or eye candy. What I need is a small, fast, reliable gui to monitor my firewall/IDS. Blackbox rocks!
P.S. It works great on my Soekris appliances too.

]]> By: Titus Sphinctus http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-7401 Titus Sphinctus Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:47:56 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-7401 dwm rules dwm rules

]]> By: Keith http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-7333 Keith Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:15:30 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-7333 I absolutely love Window Maker. I tried Fluxbox briefly, but it seemed a little buggy and I couldn't get it configured just right. I absolutely love Window Maker. I tried Fluxbox briefly, but it seemed a little buggy and I couldn’t get it configured just right.

]]> By: charlie http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-4935 charlie Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:21:24 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-4935 Good guide, nice little eye opener on what is out there. Thought it might be woth a mention - Windowmaker does, at first flance, look good, judging from that voting guide on xwinman website. However, the vote count is about 3000 - and that page hasnt been updated for yeeeeeeears :-( Good guide, nice little eye opener on what is out there.
Thought it might be woth a mention – Windowmaker does, at first flance, look good, judging from that voting guide on xwinman website. However, the vote count is about 3000 – and that page hasnt been updated for yeeeeeeears :-(

]]> By: cabaleb http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-1365 cabaleb Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:50:39 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-1365 "# BSDz0r Says: July 18th, 2008 at 04:52 Do your research Fluxbox is also under the MIT licence, you said yourself, it’s based off of the blackbox code base. They can’t relicense other peoples code…[...]" Do yours, BSDz0r... Cause yes, they can... Since MIT licence is a permissive one, the can relicence a MIT software as GPL, and even as proprietary copyrighted and closed source one if they want... even though there is no point in doing such a thing as the original source still remains free... The only thing you can't do with such a licence is to patent the code with an even more permissive licence, and it doesn't exist, or it's named "public domain" “# BSDz0r Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 04:52

Do your research

Fluxbox is also under the MIT licence, you said yourself, it’s based off of the blackbox code base.

They can’t relicense other peoples code…[...]”

Do yours, BSDz0r…
Cause yes, they can… Since MIT licence is a permissive one, the can relicence a MIT software as GPL, and even as proprietary copyrighted and closed source one if they want… even though there is no point in doing such a thing as the original source still remains free…
The only thing you can’t do with such a licence is to patent the code with an even more permissive licence, and it doesn’t exist, or it’s named “public domain”

]]> By: The 5 Best Xfce - based Linux Distributions » Linux, open source and me at Internetling dot com http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-1253 The 5 Best Xfce - based Linux Distributions » Linux, open source and me at Internetling dot com Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:17:52 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-1253 [...] been talking a lot about window managers and desktop environments. Nowadays most major distros simply go for KDE or GNOME, but it is not [...] [...] been talking a lot about window managers and desktop environments. Nowadays most major distros simply go for KDE or GNOME, but it is not [...]

]]> By: happy penguin http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/comment-page-2/#comment-1247 happy penguin Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:07:43 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/07/16/the-big-x-window-manager-guide-with-screenshots/#comment-1247 I was using GNOME for a long time with an old computer. GNOME is barely tolerable on an old computer. Until a few months ago I didn't realize how easy it is to use icewm instead. If you can read and write bash scripts, customizing icewm is actually much easier than messing around with GNOME's databases and complexity. For instance, with GNOME if you want things to happen automatically when you log in there's a gnome-sessions GUI widget you have to mess with. With icewm there's one file called ~/.icewm/startup and for instance mine looks like this: #!/bin/sh xrandr --size 1024x768 nautilus --no-default-window & pidgin & and voila nautilus is running your desktop background and icons, which it's good at, and GNOME is NOT running your taskbar, and metacity is NOT running your windowframes, and your whole computer is running a LOT faster. icewm's menu support is excellent. Any crazy thing I install with aptitude ends up somewhere sensible in the programs menu, even obscure things I would expect to have to add by hand somehow. Maybe it's all just built into Debian, who knows. Anyway, when it comes to low-profile desktops, install GNOME for the applications but let icewm run the desktop, there's just no reason not to. I was using GNOME for a long time with an old computer. GNOME is barely tolerable on an old computer. Until a few months ago I didn’t realize how easy it is to use icewm instead. If you can read and write bash scripts, customizing icewm is actually much easier than messing around with GNOME’s databases and complexity. For instance, with GNOME if you want things to happen automatically when you log in there’s a gnome-sessions GUI widget you have to mess with. With icewm there’s one file called ~/.icewm/startup and for instance mine looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
xrandr –size 1024×768
nautilus –no-default-window &
pidgin &

and voila nautilus is running your desktop background and icons, which it’s good at, and GNOME is NOT running your taskbar, and metacity is NOT running your windowframes, and your whole computer is running a LOT faster.

icewm’s menu support is excellent. Any crazy thing I install with aptitude ends up somewhere sensible in the programs menu, even obscure things I would expect to have to add by hand somehow. Maybe it’s all just built into Debian, who knows. Anyway, when it comes to low-profile desktops, install GNOME for the applications but let icewm run the desktop, there’s just no reason not to.

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