What's your favorite Window Manager for GNU/Linux?

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XFCE and the wm that comes with it - Xfwm .


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i3wm
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I'm using wmii since 2010. I like its key bindings among other things.
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chrissacchi wrote:What is your favorite Window Manager for GNU/Linux?
Openbox (easy configuration, lightweight).
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I like Xfwm since it's the most customisable and the easiest to make new themes for. It's also very lightweight and slots in neatly alongside other desktop-environment software.

Although don't particularly like its very business-like and old-school feel, vtwm does offer a few interesting ideas, particularly in its twist on the "virtual desktops" concept common amongst Linux desktop environments.
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Unity.

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I don't need fancy features, so every decent window manager works fine for me. In fact, the thing I care most about is the visual appeal of the desktop and the windows. Here's my ranking:

1st choice: Unity (I don't know why people don't like it too much), as its design is awesome
2nd choice: XFCE, ugly out-of-the-box but configurable
3rd choice: GNOME, a pretty desktop environment
4th choice: all the others except for KDE
5th choice: KDE, looks ugly (in my opinion), but if you like it it's the same as any of the others listed above, but it seems to be configurable.
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