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XFWM Review

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Pros

mccauls7
thermoplastics
Jplayer

Pro
Integrated compositing manager

XFWM has an integrated compositing manager, though it does have screen tearing.

mccauls7
thermoplastics
Kevin Hamer

Pro
Left-half/Right-half window snapping

XFWM has a built-in option for window snapping.

Paolo
Uchechukwu Clemency Okeke

Pro
Can choose to open windows at center of screen or edge

Alex
Paolo
Uchechukwu Clemency Okeke

Pro
Great and beautiful theme support

It's very easy to create themes.

Alex
Paolo
Uchechukwu Clemency Okeke

Pro
Lightweight and desktop independent

Cons

Endi Sukaj
thermoplastics

Con
Composite manager has screen tearing

The included composite manager in XFWM has screen tearing.

It should be mentioned that there's a workaround though:
compton --backend xrender --vsync opengl

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vs
IceWM
18 Recommendations
KWin
67 Recommendations
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116 Recommendations
flwm
9 Recommendations
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11 Recommendations
twm
6 Recommendations
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51 Recommendations
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2 Recommendations
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41 Recommendations
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4 Recommendations
spectrwm
35 Recommendations
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20 Recommendations
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