Window manager (I use windowmaker)?

@Eiloin (327)
January 28, 2007 7:06pm CST
Anybody else uses Windowmaker as window manager in the X? I like it a lot because it is very light, functional and customizable. Do you like it or not? If not, which is your favourite window manager?
5 responses
• India
29 Jan 07
I dint ever use windows maker as my primary windows manager in my Linux system but have tried it. I agree that it is very fast and takes less system resources but is not that user friendly. Maybe because I dint explore it well. But First impression is the best impression and my first impression was that it is too difficult to use and it don't provide much functionality. Window manager I have used and still using is KDE. It is very easy to use and highly configure. iwyrobi you can customize KDE to look and work like Mac OS.
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@Eiloin (327)
30 Jan 07
Yes, KDE is a nice desktop, though I find it quite heavy
• India
2 Feb 07
I think it is because KDE uses QT 3 which is a bit resource hungry. I heard KDE 4 would be much lighter than KDE 3.x.
@jerkface (20)
• United States
3 Feb 07
I use fluxbox. It's lightweight and easily configurable (from a text editor.)
@Eiloin (327)
3 Feb 07
Yes, fluxbox is a nice tool. Though I prefer Windowmaker, for having the possibility of docking applications
@iwyrobi (282)
• Indonesia
29 Jan 07
while a go i use it, but it to small in functional. then a switch to Gnome. i like it much. why there is no Mac OS X interface in linux?
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@Eiloin (327)
29 Jan 07
I think the MLVWM has a Mac-like look
• Germany
9 Feb 07
I like WindowMaker very much because I like NEXTSTEP, but don't use it. It's good, but somehow not so good as the original. I use at the moment KDE for Linux and terminal console + screen for OpenBSD on my notebook. :-)
@morph3us (823)
• Italy
3 Feb 07
i use gnome with XGL and Beryl on my notebook, and KDE on desktop pc, i never tied windowmaker