On 27. 11. 21 22:34, jwinnie@tilde.institute wrote:
Hello OpenBSD users and devs,
I am wondering if there are plans to change the
default window manager in OpenBSD.
Currently, the default WM is fvwm, with cwm and
openbox available as alternatives. However, none
of these are particularly user-friendly, simple,
or modern, and I think it might be advisable to
use a better default here.
Some things which might be wanted:
* Using xcb instead of xlib, since xcb is faster
and supposedly better
* Dynamic virtual desktops
* Tiling (dynamic or manual)
* Decent window decorations
* Can be controlled with both the pointer and the
keyboard
* Simple, minimal configuration that fits with the
rest of OpenBSD
What do you think?
~jwinnie
My poorly-educated opinion is that the defaults work fine. My use case
for a desktop environment on OpenBSD is little more than terminals and
the occasional Firefox window. For this usage, fvwm is more than enough
and I was finding myself using dwm most of the time because it was even
lighter (plus I was used to the keybinds).
I think that the default package set should cover the lowest common
denominator in graphics capability. I've been using X on a pretty wide
set of machines, most of which were either low-power Intel Atom boards,
C2D ThinkPads, virtual machines, or servers without a dedicated GPU, so
I was happy that the defaults would be always snappy on the hardware at
hand. I'm positive I couldn't say that for any of the "modern" user
friendlier (i. e. visually appealing) offerings.
--
Kristjan Komloši
