Window Manager of the Year

jeremy · 01-02-2020, 07:30 PM

If you are looking for KDE, Gnome, MATE, Unity, etc they are in the Desktop Environment Award.

NOTE: Window Managers that are rarely used outside of their Desktop Environment counterparts are no longer included in this category, based on feedback. This includes: Compiz, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and xfwm4.

--jeremy

YesItsMe · 01-03-2020, 07:52 AM

While tiling window managers are very similar and can easily replace each other, Window Maker remains my non-tiling favorite.

sevendogsbsd · 01-03-2020, 08:05 AM

Fluxbox, hands down for me. Simple, fast, light, it just works. Second favorite would be cwm.

teckk · 01-03-2020, 01:06 PM

Code:

Fluxbox, hands down for me. Simple, fast, light, it just works

Yes, try these in your ~/.fluxbox/keys for mouse free operation.

Code:

# Use arrow keys to move-resize.
# Window resize, all except arrow keys disabled. Escape to exit.
Control Mod4 r              :KeyMode ResizeMode
ResizeMode: None Up         :ResizeVertical -8
ResizeMode: None Down       :ResizeVertical +8
ResizeMode: None Left       :ResizeHorizontal -8
ResizeMode: None Right      :ResizeHorizontal +8

# Window move, all except arrow keys disabled. Escape to exit.
Control Mod4 m              :KeyMode MoveMode
MoveMode: None Up           :MoveUp 20
MoveMode: None Down         :MoveDown 20
MoveMode: None Left         :MoveLeft 20
MoveMode: None Right        :MoveRight 20

#Move mouse/click with xdotool
Control Mod1 Up     :Exec (xdotool mousemove_relative -- 0 -15)
Control Mod1 Down   :Exec (xdotool mousemove_relative 0 15)
Control Mod1 Right  :Exec (xdotool mousemove_relative 15 0)
Control Mod1 Left   :Exec (xdotool mousemove_relative -- -15 0)
Control Mod1 x      :Exec (xdotool click 1)
Control Mod1 v      :Exec (xdotool click 3)
Control Mod1 c      :Exec (xdotool click 2)

#Scroll Page right, Page left
Shift Right :Exec str=$(printf "%10s"); xdotool key $(echo "${str// /Right }")
Shift Left :Exec str=$(printf "%10s"); xdotool key $(echo "${str// /Left }")

#Tab all (same as focused) in workspace
Mod4 Up :Attach (Name=[current]) (workspace=[current]) #(iconhidden=no)	
#Detach all (same as focused) in workspace
Mod4 Down :ForEach {DetachClient} (Name=[current]) (workspace=[current])

#Cycle through tabs in group
Mod4 Tab :NextTab 					
Mod4 Shift Tab :PrevTab

I don't know if it should be the WM of the year. But it works fine for me.

sevendogsbsd · 01-03-2020, 01:23 PM

Thanks Teckk. I actually use a combo of mouse and key board and it works well for me. Always good to have extra info in my toolbox though.

ChuangTzu · 01-03-2020, 02:07 PM

I was torn between flux and icewm, but voted flux.

sevendogsbsd · 01-03-2020, 02:18 PM

I also like IceWM but if it takes me longer than 30 minutes or so to configure, I won't use it. IceWM just has a fairly large config for me. Not fvwm large, that one is ridiculous, but still beyond my patience level

Flux's config is extremely simple to me. One other reason I like cwm as well - very simple config. That also means limited capability to tweak so it's a balance.

FredGSanford · 01-04-2020, 09:45 PM

Openbox for me...long time fav!

ondoho · 01-05-2020, 04:28 AM

Been using openbox for so long I couldn't get away from it even if I wanted to...
That said, it's the stacking WM with the best manual tiling & keyboard navigation capabilities I have come across.

Geist · 01-05-2020, 09:56 AM

xmonad.
It's a bit crummy to make the config file more generalized because it requires fiddling with the IO monad, but other than that, it's the best WM I've used.
Tried it on a whim, worked splendidly with my dual monitor setup, and the haskell aspect was (and still is) exotic.

anticapitalista · 01-05-2020, 05:01 PM

herbstluftwm for me.

e3k · 01-06-2020, 01:51 PM

xfce?

jeremy · 01-06-2020, 01:53 PM

xfce is in the desktop environment category.

--jeremy

v32itas · 01-06-2020, 05:25 PM

spectrwm

e3k · 01-07-2020, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremy

xfce is in the desktop environment category.

--jeremy

thanks. voted there.