[ale] Window Managers for X

[Allan Neal]

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.
> 
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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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