[ale] Window Managers for X

[James Sumners]

It's not difficult. It still involves more work than installing and
then choosing the item from the menu. Granted, Debian does a pretty
good job of updating the E menu when you install a new package, but I
didn't like the way they organized the menu.

On 9/18/06, Allan Neal <allanneal at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 12:55:14PM -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> > Minus the taskbar, E16 or Sawfish (http://sawmill.sf.net) is the
> > closest thing to what you want. After that, I would say XFCE. Of
> > course, you can run GNOME and ditch Metacity in favor of E, Sawfish,
> > or whatever but you will loose a lot of the integration that Metacity
> > has with the GNOME desktop.
> >
> > I really think E16 is the best option if all you want is a window
> > manager and not a desktop environment. But it can be a pain to work
> > with (e.g. creating new menu entries every time you install something)
> > if you just want to use your machine. But if you want a desktop
> > environment, I like GNOME. I wouldn't mind some of the bloat being
> > trimmed, but it is getting better with each release. I just don't get
> > along with KDE; I particularly hate the gigantic dock that is as ugly
> > as sin.
> >
> <snip>
>
> I have found a couple of tools that work really well in E16 for changing
> menus and key bindings.  They are e16menuedit and e16keyedit respectivly.
> Small and effective.
>
> Allan
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