[mythtv-users] Lightweight window manager recommendation

Jeff Thompson lists at threeputt.org
Tue Dec 7 16:14:00 UTC 2004


Travis Osterman wrote:

>I've been using Myth on my dedicated fc1 box for roughly one year now
>and have only wonderful things to say.  During the holidays I am
>planning on performing some hardware upgrades to my system and am will
>be installing gentoo on my Myth box.  I haven't ventured far in the
>relm of window managers (I prefer gnome myself) so I was looking for a
>recommendation on a lightweight wm that would offer a slight increase
>in performance from KDE.
>
>I've seen blackbox and fvwm mentioned in the mythtv.org howto and
>would appreciate any more information whether one is preferrable or if
>there are other undocumented alternatives.  Thank you all for a
>wonderful project and community.
>  
>
Travis, take a look at ratpoison. It seems perfect for mythtv... Search 
the mailing list archives, it has been discussed several times...



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