Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 08:21:26 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: <20250605082126.00002cc7@gmail.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:21:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="dbd06667664530ff086ec2eab88736be"; logging-data="1682005"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Elwdknw/keVxplN3WMGqnLOglYcaV9VY=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:DfGWFV4rqJwEMc3nvW5LWL/qO1M= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:68389 On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 10:12:57 -0000 (UTC) Borax Man wrote: > So, what Desktop Environment/Window Manager do you use, and why? > Also, what do you think your choice of environment has to offer that > isn't found, or rarely found in others? Of all things, WindowMaker - mostly because it's a bit more featureful than bare-bones roll-your-own-desktop options like FVWM while still being fairly lightweight and customizable, and it's also designed for a layout that naturally "letterboxes" today's absolutely inescapable widescreen displays (which I loathe) with "reserved" columns on both sides that make maximized windows conform to something a little closer to a more natural 4:3 aspect ratio. You can do that with roll-your-own panel-based WM/DEs, but it's nice to have it right out of the box.