Mohan Sundaram <mohan....@gmail.com> writes:

> In the same vein...
>
> I tried out Awesome WM 18 months ago and am hooked on to it. This WM is
> standard in Arch, fluxbox etc. It started as a tiling manager and now has
> some nice workspace features. Those who use window decorations and title
> menu per app will find this a little odd as by default there is no
> decoration.
>
> I installed it on Ubuntu. This is a highly configurable WM with the
> complete menu system and keyboard/ mouse shortcuts programmed in Lua. One
> has to launch services and applets explicitly. Strict systray
> implementations only work from Ubuntu. So some things like calender widget,
> BT etc do not work.
>
> Not for the fainthearted but does not need a nerd to use it either. I use
> it with minimal services and the desktop comes up in under 5 seconds from
> the login manager. Standard unity takes well over 45 seconds.
>
> Good wiki at awesome.nasquadah.org
>

Another awesome fan here. I was enlightenment user for long but switched
to awesome recently and I have no regrets.


Regards,
Noorul
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