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Fluxbox, The Slickest Window Manager You've Never Heard Of [monolinux]
Apr. 29, 2002

Writing at Monolinux, Eric Krout introduces the 'Fluxbox' window manager, an alternative to KDE and GNOME . . .

" . . . Many folks decide that they don't want to deal with the bloat that KDE and GNOME introduce to one's machine. Still, others simply don't have the hardware to comfortably handle such eyecandy-intensive desktop environments; ergo , they couldn't use such environments without becoming incredibly frustrated with their sluggish performance on low-end hardware."

"In the next several paragraphs, I plan to offer an introduction and description of Fluxbox, which is a fairly new project in the realm of window managers. Perhaps some of the features and/or screenshots will convince you to re-evaluate the way your current Linux desktop functions . . . "

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