Hello,

before I will answer some of your questions, I'd point you to a
fundamental difference - while Gnome is a complete desktop
environment, awesome is just(?) a window manager.
You will need to use some additional tools to get the results you have
out-of-the-box in gnome. Gnome also probably uses some separate
programs, just installs and configures them without your
interaction...


> nautilus started for icons on background,
http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Autostart

> screensaver at ctrl-alt-l
Install a screensaver and configure it to use a shortcut.

> automounting
Use udev rules or helper programs or autoFS in kernel

> audio applet,
Install audio applet of your choice

> suspend2ram when closing the lid (see below for others)?

Use/configure acpid

> How to enable sloppy focus (or focus follows mouse) for all windows?

Hmm, with which windows do you have troubles?

> How to make resize the window by clicking on all the sides of the window
> frame (not only the bottom-right corner)?
>
> How to add the classical minimize, maximize and close to titlebar instead of
> the five

awesome is tiling WM, which eliminates 99% of situations where you
would need these, thus I have never thought about them.

> Whe I press the keys for audio level, gnome poped up a small dialog on the
> screen with volume level, how can this be done with awesome?

Install an appropriate application, bind it to volume keys.

> On a terminal for ex., removing at the beginning of a line made an error
> sound.  How to enable error sound with awesome?

Configure terminal.

> How to enlarge the height of the statusbar and the size of the fonts used
> inside?  Currently, on my 1920x1200 15"4 screen the statusbar is too small.

Edit theme.lua of your current theme.

> I also notices that the keyboard time before repeating key has changed.  Is
> that right?

These things are configured by xset.

HTH,
Paweł

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