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LCA: The X-men speak

LCA: The X-men speak

Posted Feb 22, 2013 11:45 UTC (Fri) by tnoo (subscriber, #20427)
In reply to: LCA: The X-men speak by turol
Parent article: LCA: The X-men speak

Have you tried xmonad or awesome. I think both do all you described (and more).


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LCA: The X-men speak

Posted Feb 22, 2013 14:12 UTC (Fri) by turol (guest, #29306) [Link]

I don't want a tiling window manager. I want something that will seamlessly replace marco (MATE fork of metacity) and integrate with MATE desktop. There must also be an up-to-date Debian package.

Can awesome and xmonad do that?

LCA: The X-men speak

Posted Feb 22, 2013 14:38 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

Yes. It is possible to run MATE with either of these window managers. Debian might have not the latest packages however.

LCA: The X-men speak

Posted Feb 22, 2013 14:50 UTC (Fri) by turol (guest, #29306) [Link]

I will have to look at these sometime. But I suspect I might get snagged by the OpenGL requirement especially since I need Nvidia binary drivers.

LCA: The X-men speak

Posted Feb 23, 2013 5:01 UTC (Sat) by lsl (subscriber, #86508) [Link]

There is no OpenGL requirement for awesome or xmonad. Also, Debian's awesome package is well-maintained by awesome's original author.

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