Re: Recommended desktop environment?

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6726%twc.com@localhost>]

from Pedro Pinho:

> Here's a complete list of WM's for *nix systems
> https://www.gilesorr.com/wm/table.html
         
> What exactly do you mean with " I tried awesome some years ago, but the
> "awesome" decoration/artwork just got in the way and confused me"?
> Don't take me wrong, I would just like to know what was so confusing.
> Awesome user here ;-)

I looked through that list of WMs web page, found i3 but not i3w.

Steffen Nurpmeso's preferred ahwm was listed as discontinued; is also not in FreeBSD ports (category x11-wm).  So I might not be able to try it even if I wanted.

When I tried awesome, it was on version 3.5 (approximately).  I believe the website was awesome.naquadah.org .  I couldn't separate the substance from the glamour.

I like substance as opposed to hot air, hence would stay away from something like Enlightenment (seemed poorly documented, at least in the time of NetBSD 7.99.1.

When I had NetBSD 7.99.1 installed (and still do thanks to GPT even if I hardly ever use this outdated version), I was apparently in pkgsrc directory instead of proper package directory when I updated packages.  System just tried to update everything in sight, and I got unexpected package installations including Enlightenment, but this accidentally installed Enlightenment crashed the system every time I tried to start it.

Interest in ratpoison is because of the desire to see what I can do with no extras, even if I wouldn't use ratpoison all the time.

Tom