When comparing Window Maker vs Android-x86, the Slant community recommends Android-x86 for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop environments?” Android-x86 is ranked 27th while Window Maker is ranked 28th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro It's unique
Different from any other WM which makes it a lot of fun to use.
Pro Lightweight and elegant
Window Maker is a very lightweight and elegant desktop with a dock for windows handling.
Pro Extensible with dockapps
Dockapps are available to extend the functionality of Window Maker.
Simple to customise and change dockapp images.
Pro Actively developed
Window Maker is in active development. New features are added and bugs are bashed on a continuous basis.
Pro Themes and Wallpapers
Change themes and wallpapers with a couple of mouse clicks or keyboard presses on the fly no need to log out or reboot.
Easy to create your own themes.
Pro Rare, retro feel
The look of Windows Maker is reminiscent of NeXT's GUI and should be appreciated by those who enjoyed it for its retro feel.
Pro It's a complete port of Android to x86
Pro Has Bluetooth & WiFi support
Pro Stable device support
Runs on more devices than any other available Android on a PC product presently available, KitKat, Lollipop, all open source.
Pro Actively developed
Since 2009 the pet project of running Android on a PC by a highly respected developer, has gathered many developer contributions from the open source community...and in 2015 they are still going strong and delivering. Contributors are welcomed and needed for ongoing development work, any donations are accepted.
Pro Open source
Using Open Source Mesa for GPU / Video and presently up to Linux Kernel 4.0.6, with some Kernel 4.1 test builds available from contributors....
Cons
Con GNUstep dependency
Con Slow performance
Runs very slow which is not efficient.
Con Short list of supported devices
Currently it's tested on only the following devices:
- ASUS Eee PCs/Laptops
- Viewsonic Viewpad 10
- Dell Inspiron Mini Duo
- Samsung Q1U
- Viliv S5
- Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet
Check them out, download a build and try it for yourself, read their forums and see what is presently happening, from the SurfacePRO 3 work in progress to the older Asus T100 ongoing work and many other PC's, Laptop, 2-in-1's, the older Surface 2, Dell XPS 12, Dell Venue 8, HP Stream, Sony Viao and many others. AOSP KitKat is their present released product, Lollipop version 5.1.1 is their present development cycle. There are builds available for either.