After years of FVWM I'm trying awesome. Not that I'm not satisfied with FVWM but more a check on other highly configurable VM (and light!) ====== First step ====== Install Awesome! ( I also installed dex rlwrap vicious )\\ Copy the /etc/xdg/awesome/ folder to ~/.config/awesome/ mkdir -p ~/.config/awesome/ cp -r /etc/xdg/awesome/* ~/.config/awesome/. Change your xinitrc/*dm config to boot on awesome ====== Configuration ====== Can/Should be done on Xephyr Xephyr :1 -ac -br -noreset -screen 1152x720 & DISPLAY=:1.0 awesome -c ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua Follow the basic wiki [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/My_first_awesome|My First Awesome]] adapting it to your needs ====== References ====== * [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Main_Page]] Awesome wiki * [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/awesome]] Archlinux Wiki * [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Getting_started]] * [[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=169852]] Different Wallpaper per tag * [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Drop-down_terminal]] Drop Down Terminal * [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Using_Multiple_Screens]] Multi Screen * [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/FAQ]] FAQ * [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Widgets_in_awesome]] Widgets * [[http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Awesome_3.x]] man * [[http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2012-awesome-wm.html]] Switching to Awesome