Why not use “xyz” windows manager?
I get asked this question a lot. Of course you will have your favourite and would like to see that in Puppy. Understandable, but we have been through a very long process evaluating window managers and our current choices are not chosen lightly. Officially, Puppy is supporting JWM and Fvwm95. Some Puppy enthusiasts are supporting IceWM, Xfce and one or two others. The ‘standard’ live-CD has JWM. In a nutshell it is because of it’s features combined with very small size and speed. However, Fvwm95 and IcwWM are available as packages. Look on the Forum and Wiki, you may be able to find Xfce and others as packages also — but do be careful that they are documented to work with your version of Puppy. It is easy to install packages of your choice, then remaster the CD (that is, create your own customised Puppy). Many people have done just that, and you may find a “flavour” of Puppy already made with what you want (such as Xfce). JWM is configured for a retro Windows 95 look. Fvwm95 also has t
