using xfwm in gnome?

[Jhair Tocancipa Triana]

Matt Price writes:

> Hi Folks,
> I have recently upgraded my computer to a sizzling new amd64-dual core and
> it's FAST.  I like the new gnome desktop very much but the window manager is
> driving me crazy and I really miss my old xfwm bindings and so forth.  Is it
> possible to change the window manager in gnome to xfwm?  I can't locate a
> setting anywhere that says "window manager".  Any hints?  

Yes it is possible. I used xfwm4 some weeks, but an update broke the
window list functionality, so now I'm using sawfish again.

I followed the instructions on

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-88393.html

to replace metacity with xfwm4.

HTH,

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--Jhair