From: "Jorge P. de Morais Neto" <jorge+list@disroot.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Poll: best hackable window manager or DE for Emacs-loving freedom activists
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:58:06 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fssbiicx.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)
Hi. I love digital ethics, GNU and Emacs! Which keyboard-driven
hackable window manager (WM) or desktop environment (DE) do you
recommend? I currently use GNOME 3 DE. Years ago I used Enlightenment,
Xfce and Fluxbox but then I migrated to GNOME to learn a good libre and
user friendly DE so I could assist unskilled users such as my family.
I have now reconsidered---I want a hackable keyboard-driven WM or DE.
I'll keep GNOME installed as plan B for difficulties with the hacker WM.
Also, once in a while I will use GNOME just to preserve useful knowledge
for assisting unskilled users.
I also want to remap keys, so for example in IceCat and Gajim C-n will
mean <down> as in Emacs. I have read this is easy on StumpWM, I hope it
is also easy in i3 and EXWM. I would also prefer a WM with a system
tray, so it is easy (for example) to check for new messages on Gajim.
So far I am divided between i3 and EXWM. EXWM would likely be cooler
and more hackable but lacks Wayland support, and Wayland is the near
future. I don't want to have to learn another hacker WM for Wayland.
So the leading candidate is i3, since Sway implements i3 concepts on
Wayland. I read it even accepts i3 config files. Thus:
* Poll: best hackable and keyboard-driven WM/DE for sw freedom activists
1. i3/Sway
2. EXWM
3. Ratpoison
4. StumpWM
5. Awesome
6. bspwm
7. xmonad
8. GNOME
9. Mate
10. XFCE
11. LXDE
12. Other---specify:
Should support key remapping and be future-proof (Wayland). Ideally
hackable in Elisp, Guile Scheme, Common Lisp or Bash; Python and C OK.
Low resource usage is desirable but good features take priority.
Regards
--
- Many people hate injustice but few check the facts; this causes more
injustice. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>
- Please adopt free/libre formats like PDF, Org, LaTeX, ODF, Opus, WebM and 7z.
- Libre apps for AOSP (Replicant, LineageOS, etc.) and Android: F-Droid
- https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html "What is free software?"
next reply other threads:[~2021-11-04 23:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-04 23:58 Jorge P. de Morais Neto [this message]
2021-11-05 0:08 ` Poll: best hackable window manager or DE for Emacs-loving freedom activists Po Lu
2021-11-05 7:42 ` tomas
2021-11-05 8:11 ` Po Lu
2021-11-06 2:04 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-05 8:12 ` Po Lu
2021-11-05 8:18 ` tomas
2021-11-06 2:04 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-06 2:13 ` Jude DaShiell
2021-11-06 7:50 ` tomas
2021-11-06 15:31 ` Samuel Banya
2021-11-05 13:48 ` Samuel Banya
2021-11-06 2:00 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-06 2:16 ` Po Lu
2021-11-11 11:41 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2021-11-05 7:40 ` tomas
2021-11-06 2:06 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-05 7:55 ` Tassilo Horn
2021-11-05 8:04 ` Jude DaShiell
2021-11-05 8:33 ` Vegard Vesterheim
2021-11-05 12:51 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-11-06 2:08 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-05 13:45 ` Samuel Banya
2021-11-06 2:09 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-05 13:47 ` Samuel Banya
2021-11-05 13:53 ` Samuel Banya
2021-11-06 2:13 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-06 2:34 ` Samuel Banya
2021-11-06 2:52 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-06 1:58 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-06 6:27 ` Teemu Likonen
2021-11-06 13:57 ` Jude DaShiell
2021-11-07 19:51 ` Jean Louis
2021-11-07 20:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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