Hi,
I've switched from XFCE to XMonad and i must say i'm very very happy with it. Of course it depends on GHC (the haskell compiler) but it's not a problem for me since i have it already installed.
The configuration file can be difficult to write if you're not in haskell already... Well, basically, this is a WM for coders
I've spent a full day to configure my setup, i'm using:
- xmobar for the top bar (display the workspaces, the layout, the title of the focused window and the date/time).
- trayer for applications in system tray.
- dmenu for launching applications.
I've setup specials key bindings and per workspace layouts for different tasks.
Some screenshots:
Files manager workspace
Web browser workspace
Gimp workspace
Msn workspace (pidgin here)
The theme used in the GTK applications is ClearLooks-Compact, very good for small screens like mine (http://art.gnome.org/download/themes/gtk2/1377/GTK2-ClearlooksCompact.tar.bz2).
The terminal is xterm with a bit of tweaking, actually it seems to be faster than any other terminal to resize its window...
No i have plenty of space on my little laptop screen
Edit: my config : http://www.gnagnaki.net/xmonad/xmonad.hs
I've switched from XFCE to XMonad and i must say i'm very very happy with it. Of course it depends on GHC (the haskell compiler) but it's not a problem for me since i have it already installed.
The configuration file can be difficult to write if you're not in haskell already... Well, basically, this is a WM for coders
I've spent a full day to configure my setup, i'm using:
- xmobar for the top bar (display the workspaces, the layout, the title of the focused window and the date/time).
- trayer for applications in system tray.
- dmenu for launching applications.
I've setup specials key bindings and per workspace layouts for different tasks.
Some screenshots:
Files manager workspace
Web browser workspace
Gimp workspace
Msn workspace (pidgin here)
The theme used in the GTK applications is ClearLooks-Compact, very good for small screens like mine (http://art.gnome.org/download/themes/gtk2/1377/GTK2-ClearlooksCompact.tar.bz2).
The terminal is xterm with a bit of tweaking, actually it seems to be faster than any other terminal to resize its window...
No i have plenty of space on my little laptop screen
Edit: my config : http://www.gnagnaki.net/xmonad/xmonad.hs