[Leaplist] Smallest wm for Gentoo

[Kevin Inscoe]

Well that's in portage really. I don't care about the integration as
there will only ever be one X app running on it. I thought about just
running the X server by itself but thought it best to run a wm. I am
going to try Richard's suggestion of evilwm (it's in portage) first
and if that tanks I will punt and go with fvwm2 since I have used that
before in the distant past.

thanks all

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:
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> Depends on what you mean by supported in Gentoo.  Do you mean "has an
> ebuild" or do you mean "integrates with other packages automatically so
> you don't have to configure it".
>
> There is an ebuild for fvwm2 (you can even use my ebuild for fvwm1 if
> you want
> http://www.sanitarium.net/unix_stuff/gentoo-ebuilds/fvwm-1.24r-r3.ebuild.txt)
> but with either you will have to manage the wm configuration yourself as
> there is no integration.
>
> I am not sure if there are any fully integrated wm's smaller than xfce
> but then I haven't really tried any.
>
> As far as memory sizes go here are the two fvwm1 instances on my desktop
> (the monitor and the TV are separate):
> kmk       1136  0.0  0.0   3476  1544 ?        S    Feb06   0:15 fvwm -s
> - -d :0.1 -f .fvwmrc.hdtv
> kmk       5388  0.0  0.0   4224  1968 ?        Ss   Jan26   3:58 fvwm -s
> - -d :0.0 -f .fvwmrc.ws
>
>
> On 02/10/10 16:47, Kevin Inscoe wrote:
>> I have need of a small X app to stay up and running a service and the
>> only hw I have available for this right now is a 512MB old dell
>> desktop. What is the smallest footprint in terms of ram needed window
>> manager that would be supported in Gentoo?
>>
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