Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] what window manager are you using?
From: Brett W. McCoy (idragosani_AT_chapelperilous.net)
Date: Wed Aug 11 2004 - 00:50:26 EEST
Andrew Dahlin wrote:
> first of all, sorry if this topic has been talked about to death.
>
> At the moment i'm starting to get more and more into recording (both
> multi-track and synths, etc). I added on a second monitor and am now
> in the process of trying out different window managers (again). I'm
> using xfce at the moment, but i might try fluxbox again for a while.
>
> Now for the question: which window manager are you using for audio
> work and why? I don't mean for this to start a flame war... notice it
> wasn't titled "what's the best window manager?" ;) I just want to
> take an informal survey of what everyone is using and see why people
> use what they do.
I was using xfce but moved over to using Windowmaker just because I like
the usability of WindowMaker a little more. Both of them are very
lightweight and work well for audio, I think, and don't have the
overhead of a full-blown desktop environment like KDE or Gnome.
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