Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?

On 6/5/25 9:58 PM, John McCue wrote:

John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 10:12:57 -0000 (UTC)
Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Of all things, WindowMaker - mostly because it's a bit more featureful
than bare-bones roll-your-own-desktop options like FVWM while still
being fairly lightweight and customizable ...

 
Ages ago I did a mem test on all window managers Slackware
shipped plus a few others.
 
Due to what you get with WindowMager, I was surprised to see
WindowMaker was in the top 3 of lightest window managers.
The only ones that was lighter was icewm and ctwm.  To me,
the people who did WindowMaker really knows their stuff!
 
When I get bored, I will need to do that test again, I still
use Slackware on my main laptop.

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   Nothing wrong with Slack ... but IS a bit more
   for the do-it-yourself crowd.
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   IceWM really isn't terrible. VERY basic, but on some
   platforms that's all you want/need. 'TWM' is even
   more basic/small ... but kind of TOO much these days.
   I've used ICE on some of the older PIs and it was a
   good fit.
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   Me, I like LXDE.