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

  • cout
    4·
    2 years ago

    Vanilla Fluxbox without any panel or wallpaper.

    • whoami@lemmygrad.mlOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      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.

      • cout
        2·
        2 years ago

        do you remove the default fluxbox panel at the bottom?

        Yes i removed it.

        custom keybindings

        I am using it with i3-wm keybindigs.