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So, I'm by no means a Linux novice, and I've used a lot of minimalistic and lightweight software (read: the stuff arch linux users use, then laugh at you for not using). One thing I've never tried is a tiling window manager. I've done a fair amount of research on them, but they all have a lot of features that are not immediately apparent from their introductory documentation. So, I'm asking you to recommend me one, and explain why you think it's a good choice.
My Criteria:
- Lightweight in memory use and dependencies (so no awesome or xmonad, sorry)
- Does not require me to configure it in an obscure language (such as haskell, lua, common lisp, etc.)
- Cooperates with programs that need to float (such as gimp, openoffice, etc)
- Integrates nicely with or provides substitutes for things like dzen and dmenu
- Is not so elitist that documentation is cryptic or incomplete
- Xinerama support would be nice (but probably still not using xmonad)
So far, I think my best options are dwm, wmii, and scrotwm. So, please help me pick between the three, or, if there's another one you just love, tell me what it is, and why I should love it too.
Look at Tiling Window Manager
– Sathyajith Bhat – 2010-08-05T20:11:44.940I did, and none of the replies there really helped me, that's why I asked the question to begin with. Those replies all say either "use awesome," "use xmonad," or "use compiz." I specifically said not awesome or xmonad in my question, and lightweight in memory use, which compiz isn't. One guy said to use ion3, but I've heard its developer is kind of uncooperative, and another person said to use musca, which uses common lisp for configuration (which again, I specifically said no to). Not to be picky, I just don't want people to think I didn't search first. – Gnats – 2010-08-05T22:29:03.223
Next time, link at the end or middle to the other question and tell people why that doesn't meet your needs and why it's not a dupe of. Otherwise, people will think you didn't search first. – random – 2010-08-05T22:46:22.127
I think this is a great question, better than any similar ones on here for my needs. I wish people weren't so zealous about duplicates, so often similarity is mistaken for duplication. Now I have to wonder off to other sites and forums lower on the google ranks to ask the same question again which is much less productive. – sillyMunky – 2013-02-26T21:53:31.583