Actually, instead of the "nohup kwin --replace", etc. procedure, you can also set the WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable to kwin instead of xfwm4 (as in my original post), i.e.
echo export...
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Actually, instead of the "nohup kwin --replace", etc. procedure, you can also set the WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable to kwin instead of xfwm4 (as in my original post), i.e.
echo export...
I added information on how to do this.
Double-check whether you properly modified /usr/bin/gnome-wm so that xfwm4 is asigned a client ID from Gnome's session manager upon login.
Thanks, added this to the howto.
As neuschnee pointed out, you probably saved your Gnome session at some point. Try backing up/deleting ~/.gnome2/session and then log out of Gnome and back in again.
No, I didn't. There's so much talk about Gnome being slow and why that is and I don't know what to believe, but I'm fairly sure that it's not due to the window manager.
It'll definately resemble the overall speed of Gnome.
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Check /usr/bin/gnome-wm if the entry for xfwm4 looks OK. Also, try
echo $WINDOW_MANAGER
and see whether it says xfwm4. If not, check ~/.gnomerc
Yes, just export WINDOW_MANAGER=/usr/bin/metacity in ~/.gnomerc or delete that line all together.
Since metacity became the default window manager for gnome, I've always been bugged by the absence of some very useful features such as edge resistance towards other windows and vertical/horizontal...
Instead of executing
openbox --replace
and saving your Gnome session afterwards, you can also put
export WINDOW_MANAGER="/usr/bin/openbox"
into your ~/.gnomerc
Next time you log into...
Or alternatively...
for i in /usr/share/applications/kde/*; do echo "OnlyShowIn=KDE;" | sudo tee -a $i; done