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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 08:05:11 -0700
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 11:46:55 -0000 (UTC)
Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I tried WindowMaker when I first started using Linux, but I found it
> too austere.  No maximize button?  I moved on.  Many years later I
> tried it again, found out how to resize and started to quite like it.
> WindowMaker is my #2 WM of choice.

Yeah, it's a bit minimalist compared to some, but I set up keyboard
shortcuts for a lot of that functionality anyway.