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To: Greg from Edmonton who wrote (391)

4/10/2014 9:23:33 AM

From: Thomas A Watson

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I know where you are coming from. fc13 was 2010, I upgraded from fc8 from 2007. still run my web server, computer right on fc3 circa 2004.
before fc3 I pretty much used some version of pre commercial redhat starting with redhat 0.97 or 0.98.
First linux was a slackware from a CD bought at a computer fair.
I tried other Distros but found Redhat to be as good and was easier based upon built up experience.

more recently, on fc13 found updating of browsers a problem and more and more hiccups in using them.

as to desktop way back, maybe even pre redhat 1.0 or so I started using fvwm. circa 1993. before gnome and kde. Back then both were when they were released piggy to processor use.

I developed my way desktop of multitasking. today gnome is soso and always found kde to be a pig. And any gates OS is a sleeping pig. I tried xfce and could not figure out how to get my desk layout to work. so I stick with fvwm.

my way then and basially the same now.
watman.com 01/23/y2k. Tom's stuff on the simple and cheap way to be way productive.

The purpose of this page is to show a very productive way of implementing the FVWM window manager. The key element of this productivity is the enhanced ability to keep track of dozens of open applications with the FVWM Pager module. The arrangement of the pager to minimize the use of display pixel real-estate is also important. Another key element of productivity is no or very little degradation of the user's experience of system response.

I created this basic FVWM window layout over four years ago and I have not seen any other window manager that has features that can improve on the basic productivity of FVWM in managing dozens of open application windows with no degradation in system response. There are also other simple X applications like xfm or such that are easily configured to layer on the supposed simpler gui application navigation. But alas the world wants the kluge look and feel of the borg. Did fvwm originally get a bad rap from Redhat's decision long ago to make fvwm95 the default window manager for a couple of years?

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My RULE: If a resource request takes longer than a second on average the system is not unlimited productive.
The system that I use has 95% of the time less than one second response or active availability when I shift between applications. It does not matter if the application is on the current desk or I switch to another desk and select an application. So my user experience tells me that more memory would reduce the likely hood of 1 in 20 times of a 2 to 5 second delay in switching the current active application caused by swap delays. A faster CPU or video card would not be effective. So anyway I can have open 30 or 40 of my applicationss in addition to the 40 or so system processes and have a very good user experience.

Well that's nice but how do you keep track of 40 open windows? Well why would you want to have 40 open windows or apps? I'm not going to discuss why but this is how my FVWM configuration allows me to keep track of and manage dozens of open applications. The FVWM pager module allow multiple desk-tops of n by n desks. Most default FVWM init files show only single Desktop with 2xn desks. I setup multiple desk-tops of 1x1 or 2x1 desks. This is a pic of display :0.1.

Full XGA. VGA 640x480. 320x240. 160x120.

At the bottom of the screen are 5 desk-tops in a 2x1 configuration and I've labeled each to topically arrange where I work on what. The secret of managing lots of open apps is the ability create and organize visual clues. This is not rocket science. This is a close up of what you can see as visual clues in the pager desk-tops.

Full XGA. VGA 640x480. 320x240. 160x120.

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