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EvilWM - Minimalist Window Manager
DasZweiten writes "Being a minimalist, I have run across a window manager by the name of EvilWM in which finally my standards have been completely met. Being an ex-fvwm addict, after the recent slashdot post about the ten year birthday of fvwm, I felt the need to share my overwhelming joy of my discovery of EvilWM with the rest of slashdot. The manager is small, efficient, beautifully coded, decorated with one pixel borders - all one needs or could ask for. The authors say it best on the EvilWM main site with "'Minimalist' here doesn't mean it's too bare to be usable - it just means it omits a lot of the stuff that make other window managers unusable." I frankly, could not have said it better myself. It lacks the unnecessary features, memory, and total bloating that most other window managers unfortunately contain. All of you die hard fvwm fans will love it. I'll never go back to anything else."
That most dedicated Linux users are really good at managing to minimilize windows...and windows users...
"You can use the mouse to manipulate windows either by click/dragging the 1 pixel border"
hm, that must be fun on a 1600x1200 screen (okay okay, you can use alt too)
Too bad we can't see the URLs for the bookmarks in the screenshot.
I really want the SKIN TWO Fetish Doll.
ohwell.
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
To paraphrase SNL:
Demonic window manager, I rebuke you!
It seems as if in the past an intermediate programmer would test their 1337 skillz by making a text editor or small shell or something similarly simple. Nowadays it seems as if every man and his dog has written their own web browser or window manager. What's next? People learning C by writing 3D modelling software?
Why would I want a minimalist window manager? Give me one that has an e-mail client and a flight simulator built in!
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
And if you use X over the net, this WM properly implements the evil bit.
Btw : I tought the EvilWM was the one used in XP
will they have copyright issues for that?
I for one, welcome our new hot grits... PROFIT!
Most importantly the guy has a link to "Misogyny Unlimited" (10th bookmark in the list).
Nothing bad can come out of a misogynyst, so I'll give it a try.
This is why mating has never worked for me... For every good chick out there, there are 1600 more good ones that just confuse the hell out of me. Yes, I do like the ability to find the one perfect match for me, but I'd prefer if my parents had already made the choice for me, and my perfect girl would already be at home by now.
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You know, choice is a good thing 9 times out of 10. Generally, you only want to avoid having available choices when in an emergency situation, like when fleeing from a fire, or dispersing a crowd.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you
Excellent, now my pentium IV looks and feels like a 386!
boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse
Finally! A WM that doesn't get in the way of Mozilla & her plans for total domination of all computing resources within range of her fiery breath! Yes, of course it is eevil. Gloriously, beautifully eeeevil!
I use explorer for my window manager. It's got loads of undocumented "features" and it reminds me once in a while to take a break (exception something...). And since the company is a unix supporter now, I can rest easy knowing that someday I'll be 1337.
I like it. It's fricking huge, and it's got (non functioning) laserbeams on it's head!
Do I win? (Until someone posts claiming not to use X, at least?)
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No, you're quite right, but I think you failed to read the post correctly. The point is not that something like this exists, but that someone actually uses it (DasZweiten in this case). I find that quite newsworthy...
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good thing you posted AC, otherwise you'd be in some sort of karma hell for slashdotting a C64
" for example, Internet Explorer is now The Internet......."
we come in peace / shoot to kill
good ones persist. Ditto for text editors.
Sorry to disturb your little theory... why is Emacs still around?
Emacs is probably actually the program most effective at controlling (as opposed to not having) bloat.
My goodness, I just realized this about the Emacs design. Overall, Emacs-- at its core-- is a bloat manager!
Yes- its stupid Bill Gates' fault that you set your mouse acceleration to high. Moron.
Screw the "minimalist" WMs. Just use Windows XP- then instead of only impressing other pasty-white virgin geeks, you can actually get some work done.
Ha! I don't even have a computer!
well, you know euhhh.... You insensitive clod!
I know I'll get modded down for this, but fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
Or for the really hardcore, turn the computer off. That's a minimalistic system.