GNU/Linux DE/WMs

what are some cool lesser known/novelty WMs Sup Forums

i've tried
plasma
gnome
xfce
lxde
bungie
awesome
i3
TDE (KDE3.x)
dwm
openbox
blackbox
fluxbox
windowmaker
fvwm
gnustep

anything new/unknown/odd/cool under the sun?

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sourceforge.net/projects/cdesktopenv/
maxxinteractive.com/
pasqualefrega.antiblog.com/
xwinman.org/vtwm.php
box-look.org/content/show.php/?content=112683
linux.gr/logos/iconstore/
youtube.com/watch?v=Api6dFMlxAA
man.openbsd.org/cwmrc.5
gilesorr.com/wm/table.html
twitter.com/AnonBabble

also, i forgot

mate
cinnamon
e17
lxqt
unity
no one have suggestions?

Have you tried IceWM?

>IceWM
oh yeah, the one that looks like XP, yeah i tried that one too.

i pretty much tried all the most common ones, that's why i ask for more obscure/newer ones..

>Tiling:
Bspwm
Xmonad
Ratpoison
>Floating:
2bwm
Windowchef

In the end a lot of them feel almost the same. I think that bspwm and 2bwm are the /comfiest/

oh thanks, bspwm i have necer tried although it's quite "common"

also 2bwm and windowchef, never heard of them. i'll look into that

Idk, have tried Gnome, KDE, XFCE, LxQT, Openbox, fvwm, icewn, and I dediced, that KDE, LxQT and XFCE are good enough for me.

>2bwm
i've settled down with XFCE/awesome personally but i like to try new things

bwm
disregard that lol i selected the word to google it and it quoted it

Cde's source is released and it has been fully reworked(its not open cde, that's am imitation)
sourceforge.net/projects/cdesktopenv/

some cool wms:
spectrwm
frankenwm
wingo
cwm
evilwm

also cool but not really useful:
awm (amigawm)
rio

i've always liked CDE pastel look but i wonder how it would addapt to modern gtk or qt applications

Try FrankenWM. It uses a ridiculously tiny amount of RAM and is similar to dwm, but with different tiling patterns. Here's my old OwOpost from when I used to use it.

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Just use a vm to fuck around with de/wm op

HP-UXMotif GTK2 theme is quite good. I'm using it with FVWM and used the qt-styleplugins' gtk engine to have the same look on qt programs.

On the DE side of things, MaXX. However, 1.2.0 is never coming out:

maxxinteractive.com/

Expect it to be abandoned in a few months.

>Have to do GUI project in JavaPajeetFX for school
>Debugger hits a breakpoint
>Entire DE freezes
Thanks Gnome, it's not like I didn't want to debug solely with print statements.

What are some noob friendly Tiling WMs I could try out during the Easter holidays?

Tried jwm yet?

>gnustep
how does that look like?

>how
you should use what instead of how when you ask what something looks/feels/sounds/... like.

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treewm
JWM

Motif looks like this but better. The mwm is delightful to see.

Try Lumina.

This dude's fake Amiga stuff.
pasqualefrega.antiblog.com/

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icewm

Cool. I wish there were more retro WMs.

>Motif looks like this but better.
Heresy!

icewm-lite
twm

Don't fell for tiling, try openbox. You'd like it.

openbox sucks because it has an xml config file

And? You can't edit it or what?
Try IceWM then, dunno.

TWM/VTWM has an easier config file xwinman.org/vtwm.php

9wm
aewm
afterstep
clfswm
ctwm
cwm
evilwm
flwm
herbstluftwm
larswm
lwm
miwm
mwm
notion
olvwm
olwm
oroborus
pekwm
ratpoison
sapphire
sawfish
spectrwm
stumpwm
subtle
tinywm
tritium
vtwm
w9wm
windowlab
wm2
wmaker
wmii

I use Window Maker every day. Works great once you learn how to make a cohesive experience.

Here's an old screenshot before I figured out how to set icons for programs properly.

I really want to try out Amiwm but it's not in the AUR and I don't want to compile a 2 decade old WM.

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icewm-lite is what i use.

I've found that most fvwm support GNUStep Dockapps and there's a high correleation between that and being good.

Modern XFCE does not and it sucks, OpenCDE does not and it doesn't even work.
CDE is probably the sexiest DE, perhaps even more than NeXT.

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yea i dont like having to manually click where i want new windows and drag to create their size

i mean, its fun to have on another computer, but not as my main daily window manager

Here is a picture of a well-themed CDE desktop.

This, along with the Window Maker and FVWM95 screenshots are my ideal conception of what a computer interface should be.

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If only there were extensive pixelart iconsets so you didn't have to use clashing modern vector based ones.

Isn't CDE really buggy and no support for stuff like UTF8 because development ceased for a decade before the source was released?

You can set them manually in Window Maker, they persist if even when open if you use the attributes insepctor:
simply right click the titlebar, click "Attributes" and set the icon for mini-icon and check the override client box. It will theme the appicon across the activity bar and the dock automatically.

yes, that's the only reason I don't use it. On arch, the package has been broken for two years or so and will actually kernel panic on the blue CDE loading screen if you try to boot it.

It was never updated to XDG-specs either so you need to use it's special login manager and special suite of apps.

MWM, aka Motif Window Manager, is the base for CDE. Think on CDE but without the menubar, so you can use anything you want like bevelbar.

What I meant is that there aren't any large pixelart iconsets that you can use for your desktop, with icons for a wife variety of software and whatnot.

KDE1 if you haven't tried it, it was ported to modern Linux a few years ago.

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Has there actually come something out of it, like an active fork?

box-look.org/content/show.php/?content=112683
There are some.

linux.gr/logos/iconstore/ Here's an archive of images that you can tediously apply to every individual program if you wish.

KDE2 was peak KDE design. They made it worse with every release.

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compix

z

Mandatory video with cute girl youtube.com/watch?v=Api6dFMlxAA

Herbstluftwm is the best

i used xmonad window manager for a while it was perfect but couldn't run games in full screen for some reason

There is no conceivable workflow where I'm going to use all terminals and therefore TWMs are useless.

Xfce is the best.

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Is XFCE even relevent? Hasn't been maintained in years despite huge userbase and MATE seems to have surpassed it completely in features.

A computer should look like a computer

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(sudo) gem install tiling
(needs ruby)

Tiles all your windows in a floating wm with a command / hotkey.
Nice with fluxbox :P

I like xfce3, like cde but working

Pic unrelated.

But thats just fucking disgusting, desu

slitaz - noice!

XFCE when working with someone else, so they can follow what I'm doing and don't ask me too many stupid questions and Awesome when alone.

i like all the lesser known WMs but they all are somewhat similar, i use PekWM everyday and have tried FrakenWM. they are cool

>cwm
this is actually the best window manager. you can config ssh-to and application launcher menus, as well as horiz/vert tile keybinds. all the screenshots suck so I'm attaching my own.

man.openbsd.org/cwmrc.5

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Do you have to recompile FrankenWM to change config?

the dev's last post on fagbook was 3 days ago and makes it sound like he's still working on it

Try EXWM

What's the story behind that name?

Herbstluftwm

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Herbstluft means "autumn air" or autumn breeze" in nazi language

kek

This is how computers should look, this is the Motif Window Manager for you.

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sexy

mwm/motif window manager stacking
running : xmobar, mp3blaster, ranger, feh

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windowchef, wmutils.

hey ian

what does your xsession look like? Immediately after i login via it logs me out again. Also on debian

meant to quote

1999 called

OLWV/OLVWM

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mwm

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Ratpoison is great if you want no distraction and just get to work.

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FVWM95
Basically just a fork of FVWM

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KDE 2
You still can get a very similar looking desktop if you install the optional extras for TDE

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enlightenment.

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yes

I'll share my favorite site for this
gilesorr.com/wm/table.html

what you said makes no sense. please dont interrupt this thread further

I use ratpoison btw

i3/i3-gaps, sane defaults and pretty gud customizability.

Equinox Desktop Environment is the best DE for Slackware

has anybody switched from i3 to sway? and if so are you liking it?

Don't use sway, don't support sway, don't even think of it.

Mac OS9 feels

o-okay
is it because wayland?

I'm on FVWM

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He said that last summer, too. Shame that more people aren't interested in it, else we'd actually get something interesting out of it.

Heres my icewm-lite. icewm-lite is icewm without the panel. i use tint2 as my panel

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My two favorites.

I didn't know the worst winamp theme creators from 1998 went on to make themes for window makers.

i like this one