~ ric ~

greetings sleekmason... thank you for your informative reply and suggestions. apology for posting the question in the wrong area. future questions will be in the Lilidog forum. with much appreciation. ..ric..

greetings sleekmason... i see that you are affiliated with pmos (peppermintos) too. pmos-devuan is one of the distros (4) that i use. my computer is rather old (> 17yrs), it seems to run better with non-systemd init systems. the suggestion: a devuan version of lilidog. maybe, a distinguishing name of: ???cat :=) i briefly looked at a live-usb of your current version (bookworm - 23.12.21) and all your tweaks and customizations are quite nice. the question; the live-usb has a conky with taoist quotes...

here's a couple screenshots of xfce with compiz as wm. as my computer is old with only 3gb ram, i only use this combo if nostalgic for extra special effects :-). compiz has many more effects than kwin. eg, the 3D-cube for switching workspaces is quite cool. also, compiz, on my system, is not as stable as kwin or xfwm. nothing drastic, just annoying. on my brother's system, he has 8gb ram, i added cairo-dock instead of plank for even more effects. cairo-dock has really cool rotating icons, when selected,...

@Adam Hughes --- thank you for your kind words. xfce4-panel rounded corners depends on version of xfce being used. the latest changed syntax somewhat. in one's ~/.config files should be a 'gtk-3.0' folder; & within that may be (if not create) a 'gtk.css' file. what to add: old xfce > https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=15163 new xfce > https://superuser.com/questions/1788589/xfce4-panel-update-broke-border-radius best wishes.

at login i choose between using fluxbox or xfce as i like both depending on my mood :-) here's my basic xfce with kwin as wm as i like kwin's effects. resources about 50-70mb ram more than with xfwm . plank same as in fluxbox; panel is now xfce4-panel with corners rounded, not tint2; no gkrellm as default. one image of 'wobbly windows', another of 'fall apart' windows. others enabled are 'magic lamp' for minimizing and 'wisps' for when apps start. kwin also has nice window decorations - 2 of my ...

here's screenshot of my current fluxbox. it changes frequently and always learning. sometimes use gkrellm, sometimes not. i change gkrellm's theme depending on the wallpaper. wallpapers are rotated and different each login. plank theme varies too with wallpaper being used & mood :-) . the menu displayed below tint2 is jgmenu; cursor is bibata-modern-pink. ram use high as firefox is loaded in background. one shot without windows open.

that is what i had surmised. thank you for confirming. peace ~ cheers

greetings... having looked at most major de & wm i have a couple of favs. for the minimalist in me i like fluxbox with tint2/plank/xcompmgr & sometimes gkrellm; for the stable in me i go with xfce/xfwm; for the bling in me i like xfce either with kwin or compiz (i go between them) as the window manager (cool effects in xfce de); icon sets i like: buuf, oxygen, oomox-Duskfox, antu; for style: blackbird, dracula. the marwaita theme (dark) is nice. when kwin is wm, can also use kvantum for theming qt...