Re: Recommended desktop environment?

[Bruce Nagel <nagelbh%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2018, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 07:25:17 +0000
> From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6726%twc.com@localhost>
> To: netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: Recommended desktop environment?

> 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 When I had NetBSD 7.99.1 installed (and still do thanks to GPT even if I hardly ever use this outdated version), I was apparently in pkgsrc directory instead of proper package directory when I updated packages.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.

If you're looking for something that stays out of your way and has various 
types of window-maximization available, though not a tiling wm, 
windowmaker may be worth a try.

Bruce
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