[Tfug] LXDE under Ubuntu Karmic

[earljviolet at deserthowler.com]

On Sat, September 5, 2009 12:16 pm, Linux Media wrote:
> earljviolet at deserthowler.com wrote:
>> Wed Sep 2 04:33:52 CDT 2009  Jim March wrote:
>>>> I'm about at the point where I'm fed up to here with Gnome.  I know
>> for damnsure I ain't the only one :).
>
>> Jim, I run Ubuntu 8.04 but use FVWM as a Window Manager.  It's light,
>> small, and can be customized as much as you would like.
>>
>> Earl
>
> Yeah, I was going to mention FVWM but it's been so many years since I
> ran it that I wasn't even sure it was still available/maintained/whatever.
>
> I remember being able to strip it down to just a mesh background. No
> icons, widgets or whatever. Just a mesh background. And it uses just one
> config file that lets you configure every aspect of the desktop. I chose
> to run Konqueror (KDE File Manager) at the time, but I'm sure you can
> run other file managers in FVWM.
>
> The thing boots up in seconds, even when fully configured.
>
> Rocco

It's still alive and well and maintained.  There's a support site with
several user configurations.  Questions answered.

You remember it correctly.  I run it with my Ubuntu install and with
Debian on Sparc and i386.  It's still fast and clean or you can add as
much crap as you want.  One file configures all.

No complaints about the interface; build it and maintain it.

Earl