[linux-audio-user] what window manager are you using?

kmd lazone at pi.be
Wed Aug 11 06:51:32 EDT 2004


Andrew Dahlin wrote:
> first of all, sorry if this topic has been talked about to death.
> 
> At the moment i'm starting to get more and more into recording (both
> multi-track and synths, etc). I added on a second monitor and am now
> in the process of trying out different window managers (again). I'm
> using xfce at the moment, but i might try fluxbox again for a while.
> 
> Now for the question: which window manager are you using for audio
> work and why? I don't mean for this to start a flame war... notice it
> wasn't titled "what's the best window manager?" ;) I just want to
> take an informal survey of what everyone is using and see why people
> use what they do.
> 
> Thanks in advance, --Andrew


i have Icewm installed on one of my linux boxes. very light weighted and 
fast, with a taskbar and themes included. some people do not like KDE, 
because it's bloated or too heavy with resources, I consider KDE more as 
a desktop manager, not a window manager ;)

http://www.icewm.org/

greetings,
kmd



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