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05-26-2007
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Originally Posted by budman7  Have you tried dwm?
I am emerging this as I type.
I have never heard of the dynamic window manager.
I love to try new stuff out. | No, I haven't but will check it out. However, I have used wmii, from the same website. Thanks for the recommendation. 
I've kind of settled into Gnome over the last 3 or 4 days and while not perfect by any means, I think I'll use it for awhile. This is the longest I've ever stuck with Gnome and it's really starting to grow on me. It feels a bit lighterweight than KDE, but once the new KDE 4 comes out, it'll certainly need a close look. | 
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05-27-2007
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| Dwm is definitely for the elitist.
The only way to edit it is to edit the source code, and you need a working knowledge of C, according to the website, which I am clueless about.
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05-27-2007
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Originally Posted by budman7 Dwm is definitely for the elitist.
The only way to edit it is to edit the source code, and you need a working knowledge of C, according to the website, which I am clueless about. | YIKES!!
WTF does DWM stand for, Dangerous Window Mananger?? 
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05-27-2007
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| What about Beryl!
I love beryl as a windows manager
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05-27-2007
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Originally Posted by dalinux_n00bie What about Beryl!
I love beryl as a windows manager | I'll admit that I've never actually installed Beryl, but judging from all the various demos and screenshots that I've seen, it's nothing I'd care for at all. I'm not big on eyecandy, and so far that's about the only use I've seen for it. Other than that, it seems to be just one more thing to slow the system down.
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05-27-2007
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| I can see why you would think of Beryl like that, that was my first impression too. To be honest though I don't use any of the eyecandy like burning menus or gratuitous effects like water trails. However the main benefit I find with any composite manager is that the GPU is drawing the desktop so it takes the weight off of the CPU. No more 25% spikes when I shake a window around and no more windows not repainting when they are busy.
Even if you were to try it with all of the effects turned off except maybe switcher,cube,scale and wobbly (yes wobbly ) the desktop feels a lot more responsive. | |
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05-28-2007
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Originally Posted by bigtomrodney Even if you were to try it with all of the effects turned off except maybe switcher,cube,scale and wobbly (yes wobbly ) the desktop feels a lot more responsive. | Thats why I like it, the wobbly windows. It makes the desktop feel more....I don't know.... alive
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Originally Posted by bigtomrodney I can see why you would think of Beryl like that, that was my first impression too. To be honest though I don't use any of the eyecandy like burning menus or gratuitous effects like water trails. However the main benefit I find with any composite manager is that the GPU is drawing the desktop so it takes the weight off of the CPU. No more 25% spikes when I shake a window around and no more windows not repainting when they are busy.
Even if you were to try it with all of the effects turned off except maybe switcher,cube,scale and wobbly (yes wobbly ) the desktop feels a lot more responsive. | Howdy, bigtomrodney - just wanted to respond and let you know that I went ahead and installed Beryl to see what it was all about, but I didn't care for any part of it. I played with the various settings, but the whole thing was simply too annoying and clumsy feeling for my tastes, so I removed it.
Glad it suites your tastes, though. | |
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