On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 04:10:21PM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> I happily use and setup Linux and *BSDs on old 486-66, Pentium 166
> and other old under-powered systems. I rarely use KDE or GNOME on
> old systems, because lighter-weight window managers, like IceWM and
> Blackbox work fine.

As long as you are mentioning lightweight window managers . . .

I have been using fluxbox for quite some time now.  Blackbox[1]
appears to have been abandoned, but the fluxbox people decided to pick
up the slack.  Some of the greatest new additions are an extensible
keygrabber, the mouse wheel can change the workspace[2], and it has
support for KDE/GNOME dock-able applications.

However, I find that the greatest feature, by far, is its ability to
"tab" windows.  It is similar in concept to tabbed web browsing, but
placing such functionality in the window manager makes an enormous
difference.

I was going to write more, but I decided that it would be a good
candidate for my first review on the PLUG website.  Visit
www.fluxbox.org in the meantime.

[1] I had a previous affair with Blackbox due to its low footprint and
impressively efficient use of screen real-estate, but KDE's Alt-F2
feature was much too powerful for me to abandon.

[2] I would have sworn that KDE had this ability, but I can't seem to
locate the option in my latest 3.1 build.  Any hints?

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