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: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 08:06:54 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 12 Message-ID: <20250606080654.00007854@gmail.com> References: <20250605082126.00002cc7@gmail.com> <101thvg$1sfv6$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:06:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="36ca70710d51f63ead6f923441a2f298"; logging-data="2448092"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+AbZWIeVxOzacLzNTFdp2elVw0VWLYHrk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:TXOImcLN6QnpG9JmRsg9uUDjgBI= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:68432 On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 01:58:08 -0000 (UTC) John McCue wrote: > Due to what you get with WindowMager, I was surprised to see > WindowMaker was in the top 3 of lightest window managers. > The only ones that was lighter was icewm and ctwm. To me, > the people who did WindowMaker really knows their stuff! I first discovered it when I was looking for a WM that was lightweight to run comfortably on an old UltraSparc box but featureful enough to feel comfortable. It's been my go-to ever since.