Rod Roark wrote: > I have a hosted server running Ubuntu 8.04 and would like to install > a simple, lightweight window manager for use with VNC. Mostly this > is so I can conduct shared sessions for working with others. Ideally > it would be reasonably intuitive for those familiar with Windows, > Gnome or KDE. > > Problem is, there are too many choices! aewm, blackbox, evilwm, > flwm, fvwm, icewm, jwm, lwm, metacity, tinywm, twm, and more. > > I tried twm and metacity so far. twm is ugly. metacity is nice but > doesn't do much by itself (e.g. no task bar or launcher), and adding > gnome-panel or gnome-control-center brings in a whole bunch of stuff > that I don't want or need. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks.... > > Rod
icewm is very lightweight, as well as pretty Windows-user-intuitive. Personally I prefer fluxbox for my lightweight WM needs, but it's probably less intuitive for a Windows user. HTH, DR _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
