Using KWin To Power Other Non-KDE Linux Desktops

[rudregues]

Excellent! In the future I will remove xorg-server, install Wayland and use it as a window manager. But for now, I'll stuck with X11 and my Fluxbox wm. Hope this come soon in Gentoo! :-)

[schmidtbag]

I smell a set of new distros brewing.

[Awesomeness]

LXDE-Qt?

They shown interest in picking KWin5 up in the future, however nothing is set in stone. For now they still use OpenBox.

[TheOne]

I prefer compton which is a liteweight compiz replacement and provides a flickering and tear free experience that feels so smooth as using wayland but still on X

[Tiger_Coder]

LXDE-Qt?

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Using KWin To Power Other Non-KDE Linux Desktops

For those interested in ditching Compiz or other window managers in favor of KDE's KWin, it is actually possible to do so and use KWin on your favorite non-KDE desktop...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTUyNzk