Re: Window Manager performance impact on applications
Hi Mihai, What do you mean by slow moving? Are window operations like moving the window, maximizing, iconify slow or is Firefox slow performing? If it's Firefox, I have not had any issues on 6.8 but perhaps check the pkg-readme file if you haven't already for Cwm and Firefox. I don't know any security reason not to run fvwm 2 although it's older than others. Maybe worth confirming if this just an issue with the last snapshot and providing more details. Different window managers can certainly provide better general performance especially with low memory or older hardware but I'm not aware of any technical reasons why Firefox should be significantly faster with one rather than another. You'd still be using gtk either way I imagine. Regards Ed Gray On Wed, 3 Mar 2021, 3:48 pm Mihai Popescu, wrote: > Hello, > > Technically speaking, is it possible for a window manager to have a > performance impact on running applications in the GUI area? > > Real case: i had to run firefox very fast on a fresh snapshot install, so i > used the default fvwm instead of cwm. The graphical response is instant, > much much better than cwm. I tried twm, firefox was slow moving too. The > configuration for firefox is the same on all WM. > Is it possible, or is it my imagination? > > If that's the case, is it advisable to run fvwm from base? Is it too old > and should be avoided? > > Thank you/ >
Re: Window Manager
blackbox, because is easy config Regards. Dmitri.- On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:32:47PM +0200, Manuel Wildauer wrote: Fluxbox On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? Regards ---end quoted text---
Re: Window Manager
I like blackbox. 2008/5/5 Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? Regards
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Fluxbox On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? Regards ---end quoted text---
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On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I use cwm (its in base)
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On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 01:18:06PM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I use cwm (its in base) I have to agree with this one. It is in base and it keeps getting better and better (it is the reason I am running snapshots on my desktop instead of -stable) l8rZ, -- andrew - ICQ# 253198 - Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BOFH excuse of the day: Incorrectly configured static routes on the corerouters.
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I'll advocate for wmii - it perfectly divides your screen, allows for multiple desktops and doesn't depend on a mouse. The perfect solution to feeping creaturism! Vince On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:39 AM, andrew fresh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 01:18:06PM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I use cwm (its in base) I have to agree with this one. It is in base and it keeps getting better and better (it is the reason I am running snapshots on my desktop instead of -stable) l8rZ, -- andrew - ICQ# 253198 - Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BOFH excuse of the day: Incorrectly configured static routes on the corerouters. -- Vince Buffalo University of California, Davis Senior in Political Science and Economics, minor in Statistics - Information Technology University of California Fire Police Departments - http://vincebuffalo.org/
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On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 09:39:03AM -0700, andrew fresh wrote: On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 01:18:06PM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I use cwm (its in base) I have to agree with this one. It is in base and it keeps getting better and better (it is the reason I am running snapshots on my desktop instead of -stable) l8rZ, As the current maintainer, thank you. It's nice to know our work is appreciated. -0- -- The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey. -- Andy Warhol
Re: Window Manager
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I don't understand the question. Are you asking what window manager I use? icewm: small, easy to configure, has a taskbar for frequently used apps. Works well on my low-resource systems. Doug. If indeed Doug is right about your question I'm testing e17, not so small, not that easy to configure (everything is new, it takes time), very shiny (I can show off with my OBSD now) Xavier.
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Douglas A. Tutty escribis: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I don't understand the question. Are you asking what window manager I use? icewm: small, easy to configure, has a taskbar for frequently used apps. Works well on my low-resource systems. Doug. It depends on the hard power you have, for low CPU use I prefer fvwm2, wich is really light and functional, other nice choices are icewm, windowmaker (wmaker) and enlightenment (this uses more CPU and have more cool effects). Try windowmaker, its really intuitive, and icewm is great for windows users. -Jesus
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Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez ha scritto: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? Regards wmaker (Window Maker) : small, easy to configure, has a taskbar for frequently used apps, and for each workspace you can have different applications, so you can have multiple workspaces with shortcuts to most used apps. Works well on low-resource systems. Francesco
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Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? For small systems, I use evilwm (with a few patches of my own) or OpenBox, on systems with more power (and RAM!) I use Gnome ( + compiz when I have 3D support, for example on Linux). -- Jonathan [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]
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--- Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez [Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300]: --- I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? ratpoison. easy to customize, very minimalistic.
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On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:16:06PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I don't understand the question. Are you asking what window manager I use? icewm: small, easy to configure, has a taskbar for frequently used apps. Works well on my low-resource systems. I intend, when I get the time, to try openbox. Doug.
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if fvwm (default) had a traybar (and taskbar) for programs like pidgin or aMSN, that4s be great. 2008/5/5 Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:16:06PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I don't understand the question. Are you asking what window manager I use? icewm: small, easy to configure, has a taskbar for frequently used apps. Works well on my low-resource systems. I intend, when I get the time, to try openbox. Doug.
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Does anybody knows how to get multiple workspace in openmotif that comes with openbsd 4.3 ? Thanks in advance. On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? Regards
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if fvwm (default) had a traybar (and taskbar) for programs like pidgin or aMSN, that4s be great. I am not using fvwm but it is highly configurable so I would not be surprised that you can do that if you go through documentation. That might take you a while:-) In any rate there are at list dozen of traybar and taskbars in ports that can do the job you are describing. Some of them are extremely light. Now since I am already participating in the discussion let me state for the record that I use OpenBox and Xfce-panel (as a tray/task bar). I used for the long time TWM and still very usable. If you like ultralight things look at a dynamic window manager (dwm). It has less than 2000 lines of C code. Best, Predrag 2008/5/5 Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:16:06PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I don't understand the question. Are you asking what window manager I use? icewm: small, easy to configure, has a taskbar for frequently used apps. Works well on my low-resource systems. I intend, when I get the time, to try openbox. Doug.
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John Nietzsche wrote: Does anybody knows how to get multiple workspace in openmotif that comes with openbsd 4.3 ? Thanks in advance. On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? Regards I wonder if you could use VDesk http://openports.se/x11/vdesk from ports?
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On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if fvwm (default) had a traybar (and taskbar) for programs like pidgin or aMSN, that4s be great. if you don't like fvwm (it's certainly ugly) you can try the options mentioned. I prefer KDE. By the way, there's a mailing list about OpenBSD for Spanish speakers here: http://groups.google.com/group/OpenBSD-Mexico -- Gerardo Santana
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On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And why? I don't understand the question. Are you asking what window manager I use? icewm: small, easy to configure, has a taskbar for frequently used apps. Works well on my low-resource systems. Doug.
