SimpleTools @simpletools@fosstodon.org

Next on the list to test and compare are editors.

What are the absolute minimum "must have" features of an editor? If anything else please comment

Thanks for your anwers regarding fonts in your X terminal emulator.

Bitmap fonts are simpler and do consume lesser memory than TTF fonts. Downside is, they are not scalable and do only look good at certain sizes.

Two of of the most popular bitmap fonts for the terminal are the default "fixed" and "Terminus"

But there are more, here is a site with an overview available monospace bitmap fonts: https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts

A warm welcome to all new followers.

We would like to know: Which font do you use in your X terminal program?

And do you use a bitmap font or a TrueType font?

We added another installation walkthrough in our "minimal installation" section.
This time for #Manjaro

https://simpletools.info/doku.php/minimal:manjaro

Finally we have finished testing #stacking window mangers

Have a look at our comparison and recommendations:

https://simpletools.info/doku.php/wm:stacking:comparison

We added a section for instructions on how to do a minimal installation of operating systems - and we started with #Fedora

https://simpletools.info/doku.php/minimal:fedora

Memory measurement of #stacking window managers. Some of the results are surprising.

https://simpletools.info/doku.php/wm:stacking:comparison

The #stacking window manager poll is finished.

And here are the results of the Mastodon jury 🙂

openbox 9 votes
fluxbox 8 votes
cwm 4 votes
icewm 4 votes
windowmaker 2 votes
twm 1 vote
2bwm 0 votes
berry 0 votes
evilwm 0 votes
fvwm3 0 votes
jwm 0 votes

4 people answered "other" by now. Please note all parts of the poll.

Part 1: https://fosstodon.org/@simpletools/105547872989462419
Part 2: https://fosstodon.org/@simpletools/105547875564754358
Part 3:
https://fosstodon.org/@simpletools/105547881238518875

Alltogether you can vote for:

* 2bwm
* berry
* cwm
* evilwm
* fluxbox
* fvwm3
* icewm
* jwm
* openbox
* twm
* windowmaker

And comment if your favourite stacking and lightweith X window manager is not on this list.

#Stacking #windowmanager poll

Which stacking windowmanager do you prefer?

This is the part 3 of this poll, please note the other parts as well

#Stacking #windowmanager poll

Which stacking windowmanager do you prefer?

This is the part 2 of this poll, please note the other parts as well

#Stacking #windowmanager poll

Which stacking windowmanager do you prefer?

This is the part 1 of this poll, please note the other parts as well

Now we want to start testing simple and lightweight #stacking window managers. Like we did with tiling wm we want to start with a poll.

Since the list of stacking wm is really huge, we ask you which stacking wm should be included in the poll?

So far we think of:

* 2bwm
* berry
* cwm
* evilwm
* fluxbox
* fvwm3
* icewm
* jwm
* twm

Any other? Please mention only stacking wm for x11 which are simple/lightweight and actively maintained.

We are done testing #tiling window managers. And here is the comparison and our recommendation: https://simpletools.info/doku.php/wm:tiling:comparison

Done a short test of #herbstluftwm. It's nice, but definitely harder to configure than i3:

https://simpletools.info/doku.php/wm:tiling:herbstluftwm

As for the other #tiling WM, the RAM measurement is completed and we have a RAM footprint comparison at https://simpletools.info/doku.php/wm:tiling:comparison

Short tests of the other WM will follow

Happy new year! Regarding our #tiling window manager section, we will test the following window managers

#i3 (already finished at https://simpletools.info/doku.php/wm:i3)
#awesome
#bspwm
#ratpoison
#herbstluftwm

Like we tooted earlier, we will not test dwm and additionally not sway, because it's not a window manager but a Wayland compositor. spectrwm and FrankenWM got too few votes and will also not be included.