Try PekWM

[Fryguy8]

this window manager is freaking great!! If you have ever tried:

sawfish
waimea
fluxbox
blackbox

Or anything remotely related to these, try this window manager out. It combines a lot of th best features of all of them, including EASY configuration files with quite a bit of power behind them.

www.pekwm.org

[Unregstereduser]

I think I might try that out tonight when I get home. Looks nice and clean - although it will take a lot to get me away from my beloved blackbox

[v0mit]

So frigging true...

Tabs
Flexible themes
Almost all features of Fluxbox dev and a lot lighter then it
Doesnt gets in the way like Fluxbox dev sometimes does.
Not buggy for a change.
Has some AWESOME themes out there..

Its everything that Fluxbox dev is trying to be, and yet is a lot lighter and cleaner.. not to mention bug free!

I have tried:
Kde, Gnome, Fluxbox, Blackbox, windowmaker, FLWM, Waimea, Kahakai, and icewm.

None of which came close...

[serz]

PekWM rocks :D

[Godish]

We had a cs server up at my college running 24/7 for about 2 years, never rebooted it, ran perfectly! we had it on a HUGE ups tho cuz the power sucked. i dont rember the exact numbers but i know it was around 700days

[tucolino]

Originally posted by Godish
We had a cs server up at my college running 24/7 for about 2 years, never rebooted it, ran perfectly! we had it on a HUGE ups tho cuz the power sucked. i dont rember the exact numbers but i know it was around 700days

ooops! i think you meant to click right below this link :)

[v0mit]

Originally posted by serz
PekWM rocks :D
I got interested in Pekwm after I saw your screenshot in the screenshot thread a couple of days back!

I liked it so much that I actully removed fluxbox dev :p

[serz]

Originally posted by v0mit
I got interested in Pekwm after I saw your screenshot in the screenshot thread a couple of days back!

I liked it so much that I actully removed fluxbox dev :p
That's great :)

I used to use Fluxbox too...

Comparing PekWM with others WM: It's very themeable, and it has the most important features the others have.

[Darkbolt]

Ive been trying pekwm out in xnest, but I've been having a bit of trouble with window focusing...

For instance, when I open up two aterms, only the newer one is focused, and I cant use the elder of the two

my window focus model is
true : click
false : new, enter, leave

Im honestly stumped....I'm using the cvs version for 12/11/03, do you think it's a bug in the cvs?

Edit --

Well, Ive looked through more documentation, that I managed to convienently find after I posted (just my luck!)

If anyone else has this issue, set one of your mouse functions to focus the window :)

[Shep]

Damn you people always showing me cool new stuff that I have to try out. Guess I may be ditching fluxbox for this one. :D

[Hayl]

it (PekWM) can't handle 7-button mice on its own, and it interferes with imwheel so.... it is useless for me. IMHO, as well, tabs are a waste of code - all apps that you would ever need tabs in already have them in the app or the same effect can be accomplished using virtual desktops. tabs do _not_ belong in windows, they belong in apps. however, i do agree that it is less evil than fluxbox (crashbox).

[Darkbolt]

Im not very impressed about how it comes configured, Ive spent quite some time reworking the config files just so that it'll work smoother.

[superted]

pekwm is kozy minimalism yeah :)

[AndrewLubinus89]

Originally posted by Hayl
it (PekWM) can't handle 7-button mice on its own, and it interferes with imwheel so.... it is useless for me. IMHO, as well, tabs are a waste of code - all apps that you would ever need tabs in already have them in the app or the same effect can be accomplished using virtual desktops. tabs do _not_ belong in windows, they belong in apps. however, i do agree that it is less evil than fluxbox (crashbox). Each to his own, I personally like the ability to easily group apps together and switch between them easily without an annoying toolbar like kde, gnome, windows etc. But I guess it is whatever you prefer

[sasKuatch]

dammit, what font is that in the first screensaver?! The closest I can find is Fudd

[Legithrandil]

another window manager to try....

it looks nice enough, but it just might not be enogh to take me away from fluxbox.

[squeegy]

PekWM rocks, thank you guys for pointing out this great piece of software.

serz your screenshot definitley gave me a great first impression too. Gives me inspiration to create a desktop that nice.