On Sat, 2016-09-24 at 01:52 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:45:26PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote > > > Would anybody care to make a recommendation? > > How about ditching "Desktop Environment" altogether and using a > "Window Manager" instead? I use ICEWM. It has to be configured with > a > text editor, but you can then set it and forget it.
If using a Window Manager fits, awesome is worth a mention. https://awesomewm.org/ * Very stable, fast and small codebase and footprint; * First window manager using asynchronous XCB library instead of the old synchronous Xlib: make awesome less subject to latency than many window managers; * Very well documented source code and API; * No mouse needed: everything can be performed with keyboard; * Real multihead support (XRandR, Xinerama or Zaphod mode) with per screen desktops (tags); * Implement many Freedesktop standards: EWMH, XDG Base Directory, XEmbed, Desktop Notification, System Tray; * Doesn't distinguish between layers: there is no floating or tiled layer; * Use tags instead of workspaces: allow to place clients on several tags, and display several tags at the same time; * A lot of Lua extensions to add features: dynamic tagging, widget feeding, tabs, layouts; * D-Bus support; And more. Regards, Carlos
