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If you're looking for something simpler, with a sane out-of-the-box config, consider OpenBSD's cwm(1) -- the calm window manager. A portable version for Linux/BSD is available at https://github.com/leahneukirchen/cwm

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I really believe that especially for something like a GUI, you should have a screenshot(s) on the readme.

I am generally looking for a lighter Window Manager based on wm2 [1] [2]... I even began writing one myself as I got tired of the normal options being really heavy. Currently working on modernizing it for touch/mouse dual input (no mode switching). FYI, the last shipped wm2 has tonnes of performance bugs I have been slowly working through.

[1] www.all-day-breakfast.com/wm2/

[2] https://www.all-day-breakfast.com/wm2/wm2-pic.gif

It's a floating window manager that ... manages windows. As such, it can look wildly different, from config to config. Anyway, here's what mine looks like: https://i.arxius.io/14498fe6.png

Very nice, I appreciate the minimalism. Thank you for sharing!

Isn't that the default WM on NetBSD 9 and later now?

That kind of confused me when I saw the article title -like, why go back to FVWM when there's CWM right there?

NetBSD default is CTWM https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/default_window_manager_swi...

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