[linux-audio-user] Re: favorite window Manager for making music?

[tim hall]

On Sunday 19 February 2006 22:03, thewade was like:
> How does this do for processing overhead?
> I have been using fluxbox on my "performance" machine because it is
> lightweight but there are some features that I would like to have that
> don't seem supported in that manager. I use gnome 2.10 on my other
> machine because there isin't much you can do to make a pentium 700mHz
> speedy enough to do a lot of realtime processing.
>
> Lets say your building a machine for live realtime processing
> performance using PD: what windomanager is lightweight enough to not
> draw too much CPU power away from the audio apps, yet has a "desktop"
> and a customizable menubar able to do menus inside of menus?
>
> fluxbox cant seem to display a "desktop" and iconbox only does icons
> and isin't really a menu system.
>
> The gnome screen: http://aproximation.org/transport-screen.jpg

Use fbpanel + rox
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cheers,

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim