[xubuntu-users] Using fvwm2 with xubuntu (or ubuntu)

[Chris Jones]

> Yes, I know how to configure fvwm2 (I probably still have the
> configuration file from when I was using it before), but are you
> saying that the fvwm2 installation on ubuntu (or, maybe different, on
> xubuntu) will be totally unaware of the [x]ubuntu utilities?  Those
> utilities are integral to the way ubuntu works and while you sometimes
> can "do it yourself" it doesn't always work too well as the system's
> utilities will 'argue' with what you have done.  
> 
> An example I can think of is the keyring password utility which is a
> daemon started up by gdm, presumably it will *still* get started up if
> you change window manager to fvwm2, how will that integrate (or not)? 
> There are several other things I can think of too, e.g. Network Manager.
> 
>> Other than that, generally, any application that works on 
>> your current desktop, will work on FVWM2, just as well.

My guess is it is unlikely fvwm2 is as integrated with the general 
system utilities than xfce(Xubuntu) gnone(ubuntu) or KDE(Kubuntu), 
simply because very few people who use fvwm2 anymore, so there is no 
user-base to make detailed testing / development worth wild. Also as 
there is no official fvwm favour of ubuntu (Funbuntu ;)) it is unlikely 
to get the same level of support.

I doubt you are going to get a detailed answer to your question without 
just stepping up and trying it out for yourself...

cheers Chris