What is an alternative X window manager, supported by CentOS, that has very small memory footprint? I want to avoid twm, because it defaults to interactive placement when not giving geometry options. No other requirements. -- Paul Bijnens, xplanation Technology Services Tel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: Paul.Bijnens at xplanation.com *********************************************************************** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * * F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***********************************************************************
On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 11:01 +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote:> What is an alternative X window manager, supported by CentOS, > that has very small memory footprint? > > I want to avoid twm, because it defaults to interactive placement when > not giving geometry options. No other requirements.Within CentOS there's xfwm. If you're willing to look outside then there's matchbox and wmx. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080902/03f869b6/attachment-0002.sig>
Paul Bijnens wrote:> > What is an alternative X window manager, supported by CentOS, > that has very small memory footprint? > > I want to avoid twm, because it defaults to interactive placement when > not giving geometry options. No other requirements. >dwm, fwm, xfce, fluxbox? ps: your signature is very nice, but... ehh.... rings a bell? t
I use XFCE for my resource starved environments (cluster simulations using virtualization environments). It works well and integrates nicely into the Centos deployments. -geoff Geoff Galitz Blankenheim NRW, Deutschland http://www.galitz.org -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Paul Bijnens Sent: Dienstag, 2. September 2008 11:02 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] small window manager What is an alternative X window manager, supported by CentOS, that has very small memory footprint? ...
> What is an alternative X window manager, supported by CentOS, > that has very small memory footprint? > > I want to avoid twm, because it defaults to interactive placement when > not giving geometry options. No other requirements.You found twm's 'RandomPlacment' unsuitable? -John
Paul Bijnens <Paul.Bijnens at xplanation.com> writes:> What is an alternative X window manager, supported by CentOS, > that has very small memory footprint?I'm not sure what your standard is for "supported by CentOS", but Window Maker works well and is available from EPEL. - Michael -- mouse, n: A device for pointing at the xterm in which you want to type. Confused by the strange files? I cryptographically sign my messages. For more information see <http://www.elehack.net/resources/gpg>.