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[L3Le]

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Registered: 2010-05-07

Posts: 3

which tiling window manager to start?

hi everybody
I wanted to ask you a question: I'd like to try a tiling window manager, but I don't know where to start.
What I want from it is stability, code cleanliness (arch-style, so quite simple to configure), and a little eye-candy (background under trasparency, tray, information bars...)
if possible, maybe mouse support, too, even through plugin. I need it to surf the net and to use some applications. I wanted to install it next to gnome, maybe for manteinance from shell, but if I wanted to use my web-browser I would like to do it comfortably with my mouse...

is there anything similar? what do you advice me to do?

Last edited by [L3Le] (2010-08-19 19:59:39)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: which tiling window manager to start?

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37921
not sure about the eye-candy though

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,426

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Re: which tiling window manager to start?

Hi [L3Le], welcome to the boards.

There is a good comparison page on the Wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Com … w_Managers

The only advice that we can give you is to read the wiki and install and try some of the WM's - switching between them is a relatively trivial exercize.

Also, please search the forums and use google before posting - there are quite a few threads like this already.

Closing.

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