I have KDE and GNOME, but jsut out of curiosity, I want to see some alternative window managers. I''m not looking for run-of-the-mill windowing here--I want something that''s really out there and just plain cool. Suggestions? (screenies would help too)

I must say, fluxbox is really cool. It looks cool while not getting in your way.

http://fluxbox.sf.net

I''m currently running fluxbox. I think its great, because its exactly like Blackbox, only with more customization without needing to write your own interface. You can run window maker apps in a slit (thats the thing in the lower right corner).

Here is a screeshot of my desktop:
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~hittle/snapshot1.png

Have fun choosing!

Brad

There is a million and a half different WMs for *nix...

Personally I use Enlightenment (and love it).

Afterstep (and compatible WMs) was quite popular at one point, but I dunno how popular it is now.

XFCE is gaining a lot of popularity and looks pretty nice, might want to give it a try.

I know, nit picking, but: there is no such thing as a "desktop manager". You might be talking about one of the following:

a) Desktop Environment: a full suite of applications, typically including some sort of panel, a default Window Manager, a file manager, a Display Manager, etc.
b) Window Manager: an application that connects to the X server and manages top-level windows. Essentially, it draws window decorations and deals with stuff like moving and resizing top-level windows.
c) Display Manager: the graphical login prompt (i.e. xdm, gdm, kdm)

cu,
Prefect

Openbox3 is a nice one too. It''s a teeny bit slower than flux of blackbox, but it looks a bit better (personal opinion), has xml syntax for menus and configuration files, ....
I''ve been running some of the 3.0 beta versions and they all worked just fine. So the stable 3.0 version (coming out in days) should be nice.
The only problem with version 3 is that there is no taskbar. If you can''t live without one, you can always use the one from KDE or Gnome. Openbox is designed to cooperate with them.
If you want a more pure flux/blackbox experience, go for Openbox2.

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I have gnome loaded on my laptop but I loaded XFCE4 on my desktop last week, and now I am thinking about switching the laptop over too. Its small fast and looks sweet check out screenshots at http://xfce.org

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Original post by Promit
I have KDE and GNOME, but jsut out of curiosity, I want to see some alternative window managers. I''m not looking for run-of-the-mill windowing here--I want something that''s really out there and just plain cool.

Suggestions? (screenies would help too)

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I run alot of different alternative window and desktop managers but right now, my prefered and final one is:

XFce4. www.xfce.org

I find it''s fast, simple and doesn''t clobber up my system.

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[Cyberdrek | the last true sorcerer | Spirit Mage - mutedfaith.com][ Administrator & WebMaster GuLSE]

Ahh one thing I really do like about nix land... soo many choices

In the past I've heard good things of XFce (or so I seem to recall) An since Cyberdrek kindly provided a url I thought I'd take a peak at it... Well to make a long story short I'm running XFce4 and I'm finding alot I like, though I'm still moving in to be sure.

Fun fun

*edit* Pretty!

[edited by - FeralofFireTop on October 4, 2003 12:32:30 AM]

WindowMaker!!!
Its small, good looking and is extremly to configure. I love that you can make a window go fullscreen disabling the titlebar. Most(?) distributions already have it ready for use so its just to switchdesk.

Make yourself happy and go for the best.