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[ILUG] window manager suggestion?

[ILUG] window manager suggestion?

Daniel Goldsmith daniel.goldsmith at gmail.com
Tue Apr 4 20:28:14 IST 2006


On 4/4/06, Declan Moriarty <junk_mail at iol.ie> wrote:
> I am requesting, WITHOUT long testemonials or expressions of loyalty,
> bias or affection your suggestions for a window manager for the
> following environment:

ratpoison - http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/

>         1. No gnome or kde (or bits of them) present.

Check - there if you want 'em though

>         2. Keystroke operation preferred fo such things as switching
> windows, starting applications, etc

Fully strokable
.
>         3. Easily configurable.

Check

>         4. Compiles from source without needing a dozen dependencies

Yes - not doen it, but it appears so

>         5. Preferably has some menu system - not 100% reliant on
> typing into xterms

ratpoison kind of has menus - check out the site.

Daniel



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