Much cleanup thannks to muffet (https://github.com/raviqqe/muffet)

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Don Harper 2020-04-07 22:49:37 -05:00
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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Way back, I wrote a quick blurb on [Window Managers](links://slug/window-manager
Well, a while back I switched to [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com) for my OS of choice. As you may know, the fine folks at Ubuntu switched to default window manager to something called **Unity**, which caused a stir. I tried it for a while, but decided that it was too heavy, and too mouse-centric.
So, what to do? Well, I went back to my old standby [wmfs](http://wmfs.info), Window Manager From Scratch. This is a modern WM with systray support, full Ximirama and Xrandr support, tiles, and is mainly driven from the keyboard. Life is good.
So, what to do? Well, I went back to my old standby **wmfs**, Window Manager From Scratch. This is a modern WM with systray support, full Ximirama and Xrandr support, tiles, and is mainly driven from the keyboard. Life is good.
To install (same steps as for Fedora, RHEL, or Ubuntu), download the source, and install the needed development libraries for: **X11, Xft, freetype, Xinerama, Xrandr, and Imlib2**. I used the native packages from the OS. Then, simple do a
@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ This will install all the needed bits and configs into the correct place. Under
Config is handled in *$HOME/.config/wmfs/wmfsrc* which you can copy from */etc/xdg/wmfs/wmfsrc*.
***EDIT 2016-11-30**: It seems the domain is no longer active.*
The [wmfs website](http://wmfs.info) has very nice documentation as well as likes to some peoples configs with screen shots.
***EDIT 2020-04-07**: Removed links to dead domain.*
The wmfs website (wmfs.info) had very nice documentation as well as likes to some peoples configs with screen shots.
It runs very fast, and very lean: