Ticket #203 (new enhancement)
Common window managers in extra-software-nox
| Reported by: | andersk | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | low | Milestone: | The Distant Future |
| Component: | -- | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Fixed in version: | ||
| Upstream bug: |
Description
There was a request on random-hall-talk to install wmii on ozok-the-destroyer, which recently became a Debathena workstation. We currently have a random selection of window managers in debathena-extra-software. To facilitate a more systematic approach, here’s some popcon data on window managers in Debian and Ubuntu (wmii is ~20th out of of ~50 on both lists):
http://web.mit.edu/andersk/Public/window-managers-popcon-debian
http://web.mit.edu/andersk/Public/window-managers-popcon-ubuntu
Change History
comment:2 Changed 13 years ago by jdreed
Looking at the number of votes/installations in the lists Anders has, I don't think we should go all the way down to #20. For example, wmii has 1526 installations compared to metacity's 1062029. That's less than one percent.
Looking at the popular ones we don't ship, I see xfwm4, kcrap, openbox, fluxbox, and maximus. (and on the debian side, icewm).
wmii is on both lists, but that doesn't mean much.
I would consider adding xfwm4. openbox vs fluxbox is going to be yet another wankfest. I don't know what maximus is.
But really, this is not our problem on cluster. If you care that much, use debathena-workstation.
We should revisit this when we rearrange -thirdparty based on popularity. As noted elsewhere, the "Add it if people ask for it" method is not sustainable.