[svlug] small window managers

[kmself@ix.netcom.com]

On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 06:17:40PM -0700, John de la Garza (jdelagarza at designinsites.com) wrote:
> I am currently using blackbox...
> 
> Can someone give me some feedback on what window managers are the smallest
> and most efficient?  I need stability and performance.  I don't need to have
> much functionality except dragging around windows...
> 
> I read ICE and Blackbox are very efficient.  Anyone got any comments?

There's always twm if you like spartan.  I tend to prefer WindowMaker as
balancing utility and footprint.  For comparison, my X processes (two
currently), a WindowMaker, and a twm session.  Note that X itself is far
larger than either WM's footprint.


USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root       758  1.5 23.8 38704 22796 ?       S    Sep02 124:42 X :1 
root      8591  2.7  7.1 12440 6804 ?        S    11:36   0:10 X :2 
karsten   8595  0.3  1.6  2708 1584 ?        S    11:36   0:00 twm
karsten    762  0.0  1.8  4616 1772 ?        S    Sep02   1:58 WindowMaker

> I'm new to X windows...I come from a command line Unix background.
> 
> Do people every just run X by itself? and position their xterms with the
> positioning parameters?  Or is this just not done...

No.  We rasterize the framebuffer.

Generally, this is Not Done.  It may make a certain amount of sense when
running an application in "kiosk" mode -- eg:  a netscape window, or a
remote access tool such as VNC, but for general use, it's a pain.

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