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cherva
March 25th, 2011, 05:42 PM
Post various linux window managers with screenshots so people can see other WM options.
GNOME :
http://softvisia.com/e107_files/downloadimages/Gnome.jpg
KDE 3.5:
http://itpencil.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/kde34.png
KDE 4:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/KDE_4-1_desktop.png
Fluxbox:

EvilWM:

Spice Weasel
March 25th, 2011, 06:22 PM
Some window managers are so customizable it's pointless to post a screenshot as an example.. (FVWM, Openbox and a few others.)

Anyway, see http://xwinman.org. It has some but most are outdated.

Copper Bezel
March 25th, 2011, 07:05 PM
Yeah, um, my Gnome doesn't look like that. = )

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/nomax.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/nomaxfull.png)

Legendary_Bibo
March 25th, 2011, 07:05 PM
As pretty as KDE's default look is, I still prefer Gnome which you can actually make it very pretty but it takes a bit of work (why does the default GNOME still look Win 95-esque?). I like the simplicity, and even though I may not have as many options it also makes it feel more like a personal entertainment device than a computer.

Copper Bezel
March 25th, 2011, 07:09 PM
Well, to be fair, Ubuntu's default Gnome interface only looks 2003-esque. = )

Legendary_Bibo
March 25th, 2011, 07:18 PM
Well, to be fair, Ubuntu's default Gnome interface only looks 2003-esque. = )

Ubuntu's default look actually doesn't look half bad (although why they chose an orange/purple color scheme is beyond me). Distros like Fedora use the default default Gnome look, and it really looks horrible. People do care how their desktop looks, or else they wouldn't spend time changing the appearance. I mean it's awesome how much we can customize the appearance of our desktops, but that doesn't mean Gnome can't make a better default look.

forrestcupp
March 25th, 2011, 07:28 PM
DWM

http://www.activewin.com/screenshots/windows7/Peek%20-%20Before.png

Lucradia
March 25th, 2011, 07:52 PM
GNOME and KDE aren't window managers.

ಠ_ಠ

Aquix
March 25th, 2011, 08:07 PM
I don't use workspaces, panels and system tray but cairo-dock and tilda. Beside the fact that there are different programs for the desktops will they be that much different for me? There is always themes?

Except for unity ofcource. Not a fan.

Copper Bezel
March 25th, 2011, 08:15 PM
GNOME and KDE aren't window managers.

Yeah, we're really talking about desktop environments here, but Metacity and KWin certainly are WMs, so it's not entirely off-base. Of course, almost anyone using Gnome is actually using Compiz as the WM, especially on Ubuntu....


Ubuntu's default look actually doesn't look half bad (although why they chose an orange/purple color scheme is beyond me).

Short of Unity, it still looks like WinXP with a theme pack. = )

Lucradia
March 25th, 2011, 08:29 PM
Yeah, we're really talking about desktop environments here, but Metacity and KWin certainly are WMs, so it's not entirely off-base. Of course, almost anyone using Gnome is actually using Compiz as the WM, especially on Ubuntu....

Yes it is. The topic title says Window Managers.

CraigPaleo
March 25th, 2011, 08:30 PM
KWin.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2440/ututo.png (http://img710.imageshack.us/i/ututo.png/)

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urukrama
March 25th, 2011, 10:02 PM
Some window managers are so customizable it's pointless to post a screenshot as an example.. (FVWM, Openbox and a few others.)

Anyway, see http://xwinman.org. It has some but most are outdated.

Giles Orr's list is much more comprehensive and continually updated: http://gilesorr.org/wm/table.html

He has a neat 'bloodlines' chart (showing who borrow from whom) too: http://gilesorr.org/wm/bloodlines.html

wojox
March 25th, 2011, 10:09 PM
Openbox

urukrama
March 25th, 2011, 11:58 PM
Openbox

You are showing everything but Openbox :P

Dustin2128
March 26th, 2011, 01:34 AM
DWM


*twitch*twitch*
Xfce and KDE are my favorites at the moment. Xfce in particular due to the combination of elegance, simplicity, and light weightedness.
Repeat in left wallpaper is due to difference in vertical resolution between that and my main monitor

MooPi
March 26th, 2011, 01:38 AM
I've been an Openbox user for quite some time. Simple and clean uncluttered and lean running desktop are the hallmarks of Openbox.

wojox
March 26th, 2011, 02:30 AM
You are showing everything but Openbox :P

That was kind of silly of me. :P Nice howto by the way. I've built many configurations from your blog. This is a cool disto called ArchBang. Needed minimal installation effort.

Timmer1240
March 26th, 2011, 03:21 AM
Gnome with Conky and Cairo dock

NormanFLinux
March 26th, 2011, 04:07 AM
On GNOME:

XPGNOME - Microsoft homage and user friendly :)

NormanFLinux
March 26th, 2011, 04:09 AM
On Xubuntu - BeOS homage - an old fashioned look:

TuxLyn
March 26th, 2011, 04:13 AM
This is very good idea, I like to see how users customise there website. But I would please ask to include what exactly you use it to customise it. What theme, scripts and addons you have used =) Thank you so much for great post.

wojox
March 26th, 2011, 04:19 AM
This is very good idea, I like to see how users customise there website. But I would please ask to include what exactly you use it to customise it. What theme, scripts and addons you have used =) Thank you so much for great post.

Huh? These are pictures of desktops and window managers. Not websites. :P

TuxLyn
March 26th, 2011, 04:21 AM
@cherva, EvilWM looks very nice, kind of like hacker style in a way.

@Copper Bezel, What theme, and bars do you use ?

@Legendary_Bibo, Have you how GNOME3 looks yet (http://gnome3.org/) ? It will be relased with Ubuntu 11.04 next month.

@forrestcupp, Is this windows 7 ?

@CraigPaleo, What theme in KWin do you use ?

@NormanFLinux, LOL Why not just use Windows 95 then ?

@wojox, What about websites ?

oldos2er
March 26th, 2011, 05:26 AM
DWM

http://www.activewin.com/screenshots/windows7/Peek%20-%20Before.png

DWM = Damn Windows Machine? lol

Lucradia
March 26th, 2011, 06:05 AM
@forrestcupp, Is this windows 7 ?

http://www.activewin.com/screenshots/windows7/

It's a pre-beta (hence the "Send Feedback.") Please also note the lighthouse icon. :P

cherva
March 26th, 2011, 08:33 AM
@cherva, EvilWM looks very nice, kind of like hacker style in a way.
Yes. It is finished loading before I can move my finger from the Enter key when I log in and the only thing you can do on a default config is Ctrl+Alt+Enter = Terminal. Blazing fast and it gives me around 10 to 15 FPS more when I play something.

matthew.ball
March 26th, 2011, 08:38 AM
@NormanFLinux, LOL Why not just use Windows 95 then ?
How does that follow at all?

wizard10000
March 26th, 2011, 08:52 AM
GNOME and KDE aren't window managers.

ಠ_ಠ

This.

:)

Random_Dude
March 26th, 2011, 09:53 AM
I usually use Metacity, but lately I've been playing around with other window managers. I would post my openbox screenshot but since openbox has already been posted, will post my awesome window manager screenshot instead.

Cheers :cool:
PS: It's a tilting window manager, in case you don't know.

Lucradia
March 26th, 2011, 09:54 AM
i usually use gnome, but lately i've been playing around with other window managers. I would post my openbox screenshot but since openbox has already been posted, will post my awesome window manager screenshot instead.

Cheers :cool:
Ps: It's a tilting window manager, in case you don't know.

ಠ_ಠ

Random_Dude
March 26th, 2011, 10:05 AM
ಠ_ಠ
Sorry about that, I mean Metacity.
I'll fix it.

forrestcupp
March 26th, 2011, 03:29 PM
@forrestcupp, Is this windows 7 ?


Yeah. ;)

Windows uses a compositing manager called DWM, Desktop Window Manager. I always thought it was funny when people on here talked about the other DWM for X11, Dynamic Window Manager.

red_Marvin
March 26th, 2011, 10:59 PM
i3

Legendary_Bibo
March 26th, 2011, 11:30 PM
Gnome with Conky and Cairo dock

Cairo Dock background image please. I've been looking for one like that for a while.

jwbrase
March 27th, 2011, 12:33 AM
Screen

Dustin2128
March 27th, 2011, 12:50 AM
From experience and this thread: real linux users aren't satisfied until they've created a theme so difficult to use that nobody but them can use it without a month of learning.

Spice Weasel
March 27th, 2011, 12:57 AM
From experience and this thread: real linux users aren't satisfied until they've created a theme so difficult to use that nobody but them can use it without a month of learning.

Complicated themes and configs are a good security feature. :)

Legendary_Bibo
March 27th, 2011, 12:58 AM
From experience and this thread: real linux users aren't satisfied until they've created a theme so difficult to use that nobody but them can use it without a month of learning.

yeah I'm confused about the whole terminal centralized desktops. It's okay to make your desktop pretty, and use it for entertainment guys.

Dustin2128
March 27th, 2011, 01:02 AM
yeah I'm confused about the whole terminal centralized desktops. It's okay to make your desktop pretty, and use it for entertainment guys.
You're one of the worst offenders! The last time you posted your theme, my eyeballs vomited!

Sporkman
March 27th, 2011, 01:16 AM
From experience and this thread: real linux users aren't satisfied until they've created a theme so difficult to use that nobody but them can use it without a month of learning.

Correct.

And mice are not allowed - key bindings only.

red_Marvin
March 27th, 2011, 01:17 AM
yeah I'm confused about the whole terminal centralized desktops. It's okay to make your desktop pretty, and use it for entertainment guys.

Pretty does not get work done.

Timmer1240
March 27th, 2011, 02:15 AM
Cairo Dock background image please. I've been looking for one like that for a while.

Its called MacOSX I think you can get it at Gnomelook.org but I think this theme came with this version of Cairo dock 2.1.3-10-lucid hope this helps you

boydrice
March 27th, 2011, 03:27 AM
mutter on gnome-shell, Fedora 15 Alpha

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5237/screenshot1zp.th.png (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/screenshot1zp.png/)

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Legendary_Bibo
March 27th, 2011, 03:28 AM
You're one of the worst offenders! The last time you posted your theme, my eyeballs vomited!

lol, you still remember that? Well my desktop has a much tamer appearance to it nowadays. I was just trying to show that you could have a very colorful desktop.

Legendary_Bibo
March 27th, 2011, 03:49 AM
Its called MacOSX I think you can get it at Gnomelook.org but I think this theme came with this version of Cairo dock 2.1.3-10-lucid hope this helps you

Yes that does. I was using google.

Copper Bezel
March 27th, 2011, 06:37 AM
@Copper Bezel, What theme, and bars do you use ?

It's Gnome with Avant Window Navigator +DockBarX in place of Gnome Panel. I actually made a how-to (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1714111) based on that layout. The theme is Orta + Faenza, although I modified the close button and removed the others.


From experience and this thread: real linux users aren't satisfied until they've created a theme so difficult to use that nobody but them can use it without a month of learning.

I guess I'm not a real Linux user, then. I like simplicity. = ) (And if it can't be done by mouse, it didn't happen.)

Legendary_Bibo
March 27th, 2011, 10:17 AM
Pretty does not get work done.

Are you always doing work? Don't you ever just do mindless websurfing, or look through some files (videos, music, photos)? I do that, and I'd prefer if it wasn't absolutely hideous when I did. It just feels unnatural, and if it's not easy in the eyes the I don't want to look at it.

Copper Bezel
March 27th, 2011, 10:39 AM
Some people just like the idea of a minimalist WM, or even just really prefer the look of one. You have to admit, there's an appeal to having a real computer that looks like old-school sci-fi.

On the other hand, a lot of "pretty" does get work done. An intuitively navigable interface can speed up your workflow, a good theme can make the whole interface more "readable," etc. Something as simple as rounded corners on windows can reduce the amount of abstraction your brain is actually having to bring to bear on identifying all those little boxes on your screen.

The idea that OpenBox or Ratpoison is somehow more optimal for "work" and that something like Compiz is all about aesthetics is flawed. You could make the case for the reverse in either case, and it all really comes down to preference.

Random_Dude
March 27th, 2011, 11:10 AM
Are you always doing work? Don't you ever just do mindless websurfing, or look through some files (videos, music, photos)? I do that, and I'd prefer if it wasn't absolutely hideous when I did. It just feels unnatural, and if it's not easy in the eyes the I don't want to look at it.

I used to think the same, but then I started to try out different window managers. Now I can see the appeal of a more minimalist desktop.
I've been using awesome window manager for a few weeks, and I must say, I'm enjoying it. I still switch to the default though, some configurations are harder to get done in this window manager, but then again, I don't consider myself a power user.

Still, It's an interesting learning experience, you should give it a try. ;)

Cheers :cool:

ronnielsen1
March 27th, 2011, 01:54 PM
Gnome:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j177/ronnielsen1/th_Screenshot-4.png?t=1301230102

Gnome:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j177/ronnielsen1/th_Screenshot-2.png?t=1301230102

gutterslob
March 27th, 2011, 03:14 PM
Some screenshots of window managers that I've posted in the screenshots thread over the past year or so;

Openbox (http://ompldr.org/vNWlzaA)

Ratpoison (http://ompldr.org/vNXBwdg)

CWM (http://ompldr.org/vN2RpZg)

ScrotWM (http://ompldr.org/vN3pscQ)

I've used others like DWM, Subtle, Awesome, WMFS, wmii, Musca, Fluxbox, PekWM and FVWM, but they were either themed to look similar to those posted above, or didn't prove useful enough and were purged.

Lucradia
March 27th, 2011, 04:17 PM
gnome:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j177/ronnielsen1/th_screenshot-4.png?t=1301230102

gnome:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j177/ronnielsen1/th_screenshot-2.png?t=1301230102

ಠ_ಠ

Copper Bezel
March 27th, 2011, 05:18 PM
Dammit, just accept that Gnome is shorthand for (Metacity or Compiz) + GTK. That, or the fact that we're really talking about desktop environments, anyway. (Metacity or Compiz can be run in the already-GTK-based XFCE in place of XFWM, but the result isn't remotely the same as using those components in Gnome.)

Equals close parenthesis.

red_Marvin
March 27th, 2011, 06:08 PM
Are you always doing work? Don't you ever just do mindless websurfing, or look through some files (videos, music, photos)? I do that, and I'd prefer if it wasn't absolutely hideous when I did. It just feels unnatural, and if it's not easy in the eyes the I don't want to look at it.

When browsing the net/looking at my photos/watching a movie/etc, it is the webpage/photo/movie and not the titlebar/window borders/etc. I look at. Also, I do have programming as a hobby.


Some people just like the idea of a minimalist WM, or even just really prefer the look of one. You have to admit, there's an appeal to having a real computer that looks like old-school sci-fi.

On the other hand, a lot of "pretty" does get work done. An intuitively navigable interface can speed up your workflow, a good theme can make the whole interface more "readable," etc. Something as simple as rounded corners on windows can reduce the amount of abstraction your brain is actually having to bring to bear on identifying all those little boxes on your screen.

The idea that OpenBox or Ratpoison is somehow more optimal for "work" and that something like Compiz is all about aesthetics is flawed. You could make the case for the reverse in either case, and it all really comes down to preference.

There is also the very subjective notion of where pretty stops and where 'just just getting in the way' starts, e.g. I'm not totally oblivious of my desktop's look and feel, I have made sure to match the colors and font of my i3 theme with what I use in gvim.

Legendary_Bibo
March 27th, 2011, 07:16 PM
I used to think the same, but then I started to try out different window managers. Now I can see the appeal of a more minimalist desktop.
I've been using awesome window manager for a few weeks, and I must say, I'm enjoying it. I still switch to the default though, some configurations are harder to get done in this window manager, but then again, I don't consider myself a power user.

Still, It's an interesting learning experience, you should give it a try. ;)

Cheers :cool:

That's how it is for me. Right now I'm using an Emerald theme that has thick borders, and the corners are extremely rounded. It just bothers me to look at squares all the time on a computer I hardly used for actual work. I used every bit of eye candy I could, not to improve the appearance, but to cut out the crap so to speak on some of the GUI way of doing things. Gnome is simple, but I use gnomenu for my Application/Places/System menu, and Cairo Dock to hold the launchers of my favorite applications. I use nautilus elementary because even its UI is simpler, and flows better. I think that the beauty with Linux is that you can change the UI to fit your personality.

forrestcupp
March 28th, 2011, 06:22 PM
Pretty does not get work done.
Is that what you said when you were looking for a wife? ;)
(and I'm not saying anything about your wife if you have one)


When browsing the net/looking at my photos/watching a movie/etc, it is the webpage/photo/movie and not the titlebar/window borders/etc. I look at. Also, I do have programming as a hobby.
I program for a hobby, too. That doesn't mean I want my computer screen to look boring. Having a nice looking desktop doesn't necessarily make your computer unproductive.

matthew.ball
March 28th, 2011, 09:27 PM
You guys realise subjective is not equal to objective, right? Because I kind of get the impression you don't.

red_Marvin
March 28th, 2011, 10:29 PM
Is that what you said when you were looking for a wife? ;)
(and I'm not saying anything about your wife if you have one)


I program for a hobby, too. That doesn't mean I want my computer screen to look boring. Having a nice looking desktop doesn't necessarily make your computer unproductive.
I don't have a wife yet, but when (hopefully) I do, I hope to be able to not compare her to my computer. :)

The fact that I might actually not find my desktop style boring notwithstanding, I want my desktop to be boring. If it is interesting, it means that it steals focus from the programs, if it is boring it is uninteresting, and I do not get distracted by it.


You guys realise subjective is not equal to objective, right? Because I kind of get the impression you don't.
Not quite, my way is the correct one, and the only correct one. :)

Legendary_Bibo
March 28th, 2011, 11:43 PM
I don't have a wife yet, but when (hopefully) I do, I hope to be able to not compare her to my computer. :)

The fact that I might actually not find my desktop style boring notwithstanding, I want my desktop to be boring. If it is interesting, it means that it steals focus from the programs, if it is boring it is uninteresting, and I do not get distracted by it.


Not quite, my way is the correct one, and the only correct one. :)

I like my desktop to be distracting. I like to be able to watch videos on the backside of a sphere with and alpha blur, while staring a youtube video on the front of my sphere.

I can navigate my entire computer with nothing more than my keyboard, but not when I'm tired, so I have everything layed out to where I can navigate everything with just a mouse. Linux has made using a computer fun for me, and making a pretty desktop is part of it. I also do programming, but I won't use things like vi (I do use emacs sometimes), and I know Geany, or gedit might not be the best for productivity, but sometimes I just like to use a mouse.

Linux is the best OS to express your personality. You can change everything to fit who you are.

koleoptero
March 29th, 2011, 12:19 AM
A google search for each window manager will yield tons of screenshots.

Example: TWM (http://www.google.com/search?q=twm+linux&hl=en&client=ubuntu&hs=ZVM&channel=fs&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=bhaRTcevM834sgaYnIiaDw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAsQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=694)

Other than that you can check out the various screenshot threads. Even more tons of shots there. (just search for $month screenshot :P).

And just because I love lucradia's curly eyebrows...

Gnome!

forrestcupp
March 29th, 2011, 12:29 AM
The fact that I might actually not find my desktop style boring notwithstanding, I want my desktop to be boring. If it is interesting, it means that it steals focus from the programs, if it is boring it is uninteresting, and I do not get distracted by it.I'm almost always either using a full screen window, or at least a smaller window on top of another full screen window. So while I'm working, I'm not distracted by what's under my work.



Not quite, my way is the correct one, and the only correct one. :)
Lol. I guess I'll be changing my mind then. :D

racie
March 29th, 2011, 12:39 AM
I know it's already been posted, but here's some more OpenBox! This time it's for Puppy. :D
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9310/openboxt.th.png (http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9310/openboxt.png)

wyderkat
December 9th, 2012, 05:15 PM
PlayWM: http://www.cofoh.com/sites/default/files/playwm1-1920.jpg

oldos2er
December 9th, 2012, 07:06 PM
Old thread is old.