I’m currently writing this on the MATE desktop. I started with linux on the gnome 2 desktop, so it only makes sense. A long time ago I used Xmonad (a tiling window manager) but tiling has less appeal for me now. If I need/want a lightweight solution, I use CWM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwm_(window_manager), which was originally developed on OpenBSD, but is usually available across different Linux distros and BSD’s.
I’ve tried pretty much every DE/WM under the sun at this point, and would be interested to know what you use and why
Vanilla Fluxbox without any panel or wallpaper.
do you remove the default fluxbox panel at the bottom?
I used to use fluxbox years ago. I had custom keybindings for everything; it was fun to use at the time.
Yes i removed it.
I am using it with i3-wm keybindigs.