oneself
March 12th, 2009, 02:53 AM
I've been using Ubuntu with Gnome for some time, but have been eager to switch to tiling window manager. I've researched a few including Ion3, XMonAd, and Awesome.
I think I like ion3 the best, but they all share the same problem: They replace gnome as a desktop. This in itself is not a problem, but Gnome (and other desktops) offer more services then just managing windows.
Specifically, I like having a system tray for applications like Amarok, volume control, DropBox, and the network manager (which critical on a laptop with wlan).
Most of the aforementioned window managers are really hardcore, and so they don't really support "newbie" facilities like a graphical volume control, etc. I was hoping I could run one of them on top of Gnome.
Has anyone been able to accomplish this, and can point me to a configuration HOW-TO?
Thanks
I think I like ion3 the best, but they all share the same problem: They replace gnome as a desktop. This in itself is not a problem, but Gnome (and other desktops) offer more services then just managing windows.
Specifically, I like having a system tray for applications like Amarok, volume control, DropBox, and the network manager (which critical on a laptop with wlan).
Most of the aforementioned window managers are really hardcore, and so they don't really support "newbie" facilities like a graphical volume control, etc. I was hoping I could run one of them on top of Gnome.
Has anyone been able to accomplish this, and can point me to a configuration HOW-TO?
Thanks