> Try using an older stacking WM. It is shocking how fast they are and how few resources they use. Their problem is that they're not maintained.
Window Maker is still maintained, it even gets new features now and then :-).
Window Maker is still maintained, it even gets new features now and then :-).
And since GP mentioned NeXT, it should be the perfect match. Window Maker is based on the NeXT UI.
I also really like its dockapps (I even wasted some time writing one to display and control screen brightness), the only weak point for me is the systray dockapps, probably because it is a concept “transplanted” from other desktop paradigmsthat does not fit great.
The only thing i'd like (and i might do and try to submit a patch at some point since AFAIK it is still being maintained) is for it to put a small frame around the icons like some other dockapps do for their contents as right now it just displays the icons on top of the dock tile background. But that is very minor.