Preferable window manager for arch?

ftornell · 2008-08-19 12:57:42

What are you guys using?

Have always uses gnome before, but has KDE adn good improvements? Haven't tried it out for years?

bwalk · 2008-08-19 12:58:40

Try it!? How can anybody except you tell what you like?

ftornell · 2008-08-19 13:01:10

Just wanted to know if there were anything that works better with arch than the other?

Allan · 2008-08-19 13:12:09

ftornell wrote:

Just wanted to know if there were anything that works better with arch than the other?

Not really - just go with what you like. Look at the screenshot threads to see the variety in use around here.

hk2717 · 2008-08-19 15:13:31

There is no something officially 'preferable' in Arch. Try them and find out which one fits your taste best. On the other hand, KDEmod is a great community project for Arch and it is a nice alternative to the official KDE packages, while there is no such 'optimized' version of Gnome. However, this does not mean that Gnome works not as good in Arch.

PS: Technically, you are talking about desktop environments, not window managers.

Edit: grammar

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pogeymanz · 2008-08-19 15:40:28

I'd say to just start out with what you like or are used to already. Then, after you get used to the nuances of using Arch (using pacman, merging *.pacnew files, hopelessly trying to trim your kernel to 10 lines, booting up in 1.87 seconds, etc) then you should start playing with Window Managers and stuff.

There are very very good guides on how to install/configure KDEmod, OpenBox, wmii, etc.

I personally always prefer XFCE to Gnome, for what it's worth. Right now I'm only using Openbox and will probably never use a DE again.

moljac024 · 2008-08-19 16:47:14

I'm gonna just go ahead and tell you to try the Openbox window manager. You'll love it!

crispus · 2008-08-19 17:26:54

moljac024 wrote:

I'm gonna just go ahead and tell you to try the Openbox window manager. You'll love it!

Anonymo · 2008-08-19 17:44:02

crispus wrote:

moljac024 wrote:
I'm gonna just go ahead and tell you to try the Openbox window manager. You'll love it!

thayer · 2008-08-19 17:58:59

Anonymo wrote:

crispus wrote:
moljac024 wrote:
I'm gonna just go ahead and tell you to try the Openbox window manager. You'll love it!

Cerebral · 2008-08-19 18:07:32

thayer wrote:

Anonymo wrote:
crispus wrote:
I'm gonna just go ahead and tell you to try the XFCE Desktop Environment. You'll love it!

Fix'd. Neener neener. -edit- Hm, they only let you quote three deep, after that it strips out the deeper quotations. Neat.

Inxsible · 2008-08-19 21:37:36

Cerebral wrote:

Fix'd. Neener neener. -edit- Hm, they only let you quote three deep, after that it strips out the deeper quotations. Neat.

Whoops !! That left out what WM I was recommending. Go for Openbox. I love it.

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Square · 2008-08-19 21:44:52

Inxsible wrote:

Cerebral wrote:
Fix'd. Neener neener. -edit- Hm, they only let you quote three deep, after that it strips out the deeper quotations. Neat.
Whoops !! That left out what WM I was recommending. Go for Openbox. I love it.

+1

Anonymo · 2008-08-19 22:22:39

Square wrote:

Inxsible wrote:
Cerebral wrote:
Fix'd. Neener neener. -edit- Hm, they only let you quote three deep, after that it strips out the deeper quotations. Neat.
Whoops !! That left out what WM I was recommending. Go for Openbox. I love it.
+1

+1

adekoba · 2008-08-19 22:28:20

Xmonad!!!11!1

moljac024 · 2008-08-19 22:29:10

Have a look here for nice Openbox screenshots and configs:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45692

EDIT: And yeah, if you're up for a tiling window manager you should definitely try Xmonad!

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Acecero · 2008-08-20 02:37:33

I'd say, the most (statistically proven) preferable WM for the Arch community is Openbox. About every 3 to 5 screenies posted in the screenshot thread were Openbox but you're also welcome to try others, there is no such thing as a WM that is right for everybody.

I for one like both Openbox as a WM and Xfce as a DE.

Shaika-Dzari · 2008-08-20 02:44:52

A real man use fvwm

Break this quoting madness

ssjlance · 2008-08-20 04:01:59

Depends on the computer. I like having GNOME with Compiz to show off, but I keep fluxbox as well. Both are useful and run well on my hardware. Go for whatever suits your needs.

peets · 2008-08-20 04:17:54

StumpWM rocks. It can do anything. Except floating windows... but who wants that anyway?

staple · 2008-08-20 15:32:35

it depends i suppose. if you just want to look at your computer go ahead and give openbox an install - it's lovely. if you actually need to use it then try kde, you'll love the kioslaves that allow you to work with ftp/sftp/samba shares as though they were remote files. it also supports compositing and widgets natively.

j/k about the openbox stuff - no hard feelings ....

moljac024 · 2008-08-20 15:57:11

staple wrote:

it depends i suppose. if you just want to look at your computer go ahead and give openbox an install - it's lovely. if you actually need to use it then try kde, you'll love the kioslaves that allow you to work with ftp/sftp/samba shares as though they were remote files. it also supports compositing and widgets natively.
j/k about the openbox stuff - no hard feelings ....

Bah, don't listen to this mumbo jumbo. Openbox is where it's at

dhave · 2008-08-20 16:22:24

As a promiscuous DE/WM user, I can say that ... they're all good (just about). Each of them (just about) has something that's worthwhile, and you should go ahead and try a series of them to see what fits.

Over the past five years, I've worked up and down the spectrum from minimalist (wmii), to lightweight WM (fluxbox, pekwm), to middle-of-the-road WM (OpenBox, WindowMaker), to lightweight DE (Xfce) to the whole shebang (KDE3 and 4). I can honestly say that I liked them all.

I see no harm in using one WM or DE for a while till you feel like a change, then trying a dramatically different one. Hey, why use Linux if you don't exercise your liberty (of course, you also have the liberty not to exercise your liberty)? Arch is especially well suited for installing and changing different WMs and DEs.

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Lord Illidan · 2008-08-20 17:25:19

I've used Gnome for a long time with Arch, with no problems, and I've recently switched to Openbox. A bit more hassle to get started, but I like the more resources it frees up.

celthias · 2008-08-20 22:56:35

*pushes ftornell into an openbox*

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