Re: wmG=Good window manager

[Paul Barnfather <plb clanger9 demon co uk>]

Preben Randhol wrote:
> 
> Eduardo Silva <jobezone@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> | Just wanted to mention that a good window manager for Gnome being developped is
> | wmG(link is at the Gnome Weekly News).
> | Although it still lacks a few
> | features(workspace the only one I miss), it is both very usable(I use it now
> | instead of (previously using) Enlightenment) and bug-free. Also it's very light
> | on memory.
> |
> | Give it a try.
> | Eduardo
> 
> I did, but for some reason wmG eats a lot of CPU cycles when running.

Latest ver seems to fix that. Using it here, looks very good.

-Root mouse actions work (no X crashes like WindowMaker)
-Speed is fine (on my clunky old Sparc)
-Window resize is buggy
-No workspace support (yet)
-Config applet won't save changes :-(
-Not very configurable AFAICT (docs, anyone?)
-Current source tarball has errors (compiles fine, though)
-The download page was a bit broke when I last looked, try 
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Screen/4079/downloads/

All in all, an excellent (and welcome) addition to GNOME!

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