[NH LoCo] Running linux without Gnome/KDE

[jacob berry]

Good find.
I had never heard of RatPoison till now, and it does look pretty cool. I'm
going to try it out but I doubt it will be able to authenticate with my
schools network easily , so I probably wont use it that long

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Susan Cragin <susancragin at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Ratpoison is seriously cool. No mouse at all. Built on Screen.
> I'm going to try it... I just don't know when.
> Thanks!
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: "Flaherty, Patrick" <pflaherty at wsi.com>
> >Sent: Feb 15, 2010 4:09 PM
> >To: Susan Cragin <susancragin at earthlink.net>, Ubuntu New Hampshire LoCo
> Team <ubuntu-us-nh at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >Cc: GNHLUG-discussion <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
> >Subject: RE: [NH LoCo] Running linux without Gnome/KDE
> >
> >There's also ratpoison (http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/) and Awesome
> >(http://www.actionshrimp.com/2009/02/installing-awesome-window-manager-o
> >n-ubuntu-intrepid/).
> >
> >Good luck customizing your desktop!
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org
> >> [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Susan Cragin
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:53 PM
> >> To: Ubuntu New Hampshire LoCo Team
> >> Cc: GNHLUG-discussion
> >> Subject: Re: [NH LoCo] Running linux without Gnome/KDE
> >>
> >> >On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Susan Cragin
> >> <susancragin at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> >> Also tried fvwm by itself. Didn't like it as much as Fluxbox.
> >> >
> >> >  FVWM is my preferred window manager/environment.  It's
> >> lightweight,
> >> >powerful, and hyper-flexible.  But "out of the box" it's not much to
> >> >look at; the stock config is pretty minimal and ugly.  If
> >> you want to
> >> >configure the computer to work *exactly* the way *you* want
> >> it, FVWM is
> >> >ideal, but all that power comes at a cost.  You're basically
> >> building
> >> >the layout yourself.  Whether or not that's what you want is
> >> entirely
> >> >your call.
> >> >
> >> >  If you do want to go the FVWM route, I can answer questions.  Post
> >> >here or on the gnhlug-discuss list.  I know we've got a couple other
> >> >FVWM fans on the gnhlug-discuss list.
> >> >
> >> >  To get an idea of what FVWM can do -- and optionally to get some
> >> >canned configs you can copy-and-paste ideas from -- check out the
> >> >screen shot gallery on the FVWM site:
> >> >
> >> >http://www.fvwm.org/screenshots/desktops/
> >> >
> >> >  It's telling that you can find a screen shot that looks
> >> like pretty
> >> >much every other window manager/desktop environment/OS every
> >> created,
> >> >all done using FVWM.  :)
> >> >
> >> >-- Ben
> >>
> >> Wow. Those look great. I still have fvwm, will try to
> >> configure it early next week, and take you up on asking about
> >> it. Love the look, love fluxbox, too.
> >> Too many treats.
> >> Next week I'll try to get my ideal window manager configured,
> >> and post screenshots, and ask questions from there.
> >> --Susan
> >>
> >>
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Jacob Berry
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