On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:18:22 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I'm wanting to experiment with some alternative window managers. I've > already emerged them, but I'd like to have them available as separate > sessions when I log in, and possibly migrate to one of them as default (or > only) session available. > Always a fun pastime!
> I've only used KDE and Gnome in the past, and they are very polished, at > least in the aspect that they automatically are added as alternative > sessions. I know we have some alternative window manager users around, so > I figured this would be the best place to ask how to set these alternative > window managers up in Gentoo. > snip... FWIW, I use enlightenment from cvs (enlightenment-0.16.9999) and ROX to manage the panel and desktop. I also have kde installed and run its applications as needed. I've used e for years and _really_ enjoy it! http://enlightenment.org (DR16 is the version you'll follow here) http://rox.sf.net ROX is an incredibly lightweight desktop and file manager. The more you use it, the more you'll appreciate what it does! The real benefit of this combination is that they are both really small packages. No multi-day compiles required. For me, Athlon XP 2500 oc'ed to 2800, enlightenment compiles in 1 minute, rox in less than 1. caveat: sometimes the sourceforge servers don't let you cvs, so some retries might be required. # time ebuild enlightenment-0.16.9999.ebuild compile real 0m55.096s user 0m39.489s sys 0m10.694s image, compiling an entire wm in under 1 minute! # time ebuild rox-2.3.ebuild compile real 0m43.412s user 0m32.358s sys 0m8.698s Pretty swift if you ask me. Of course, your mileage may vary, and you will need to allow time for downloading and merging or getting dependencies. Neither has many though. Good luck. JM2C. -- [email protected] mailing list
