Looking for a new window manager

Hello all!
My first post here and I'd like to share a little discussion.
So I have this idea of "perfect desktop" in my mind:
- It must be lightweight
- Very clean.
- No menus
- Highly customizable.
- Able to run compiz
I've come to Enlightenment 17 on Fedora and that was close to perfection.
I just loved, everything I wanted. Nice animations, clean, and man you can change absolutely everything there.
But then I started getting frustrated with bugs since it's not stable and I had to move on.
Then I came to XFCE4.6. Great, fairly customizable. Fewer bugs that you can live with it.
And I could run compiz. I just love using compiz here and got used to it. I use compiz to be more productive with the desktops , shortcuts and just a few animations.
But I few like trying something new. XFCE is just here for a lack of a better choice. It doesn't feel it fits me.
So maybe someone could recommend a new Window Manager for me?
I am interested in OpenBox and FluxBox.
I'm astonished with some OpenBox screenshots where you don't have anything, just the right-click menu and some apps running.
That's exactly what I would want.
But then, things like NetworkManager. How do you connect to internet (wireless)? On the command line?
What if I'd need to scan for open wireless networks..everything would have to be on command line?
Laptop Battery widget that warns when it's almost over, etc..
Are those WM really that raw or am I missing a few hidden goodies?
Would LXDE be a better choice?

m4co wrote:
Wow is this forum active. Makes me feel welcome here
The thing about wireless, I actually like command line, but there are a few things that are worth having a applet or something.
And wireless is one of those. I guess I can take a look on wicd.
It's a good idea to have compiz as the WM actually. Would it be lightweight to have it like that?
Is there anybody here that uses compiz as a WM?
For the xfce4-panel, is it possible to get transparency on it? That's probably the only thing holding me back with xfce4-panel.
If "able to run compiz" wasn't a requisite, what other WM would you suggest for my "profile" ?
I would like to hear other users opinions who like to customize everything on a WM.
I recommend running Compiz by itself. There is a good wiki page on it in the Arch wiki. Some apps you'll want to go with it are:
LXAppearance --change GTK/icon theme
Feh or Nitrogen --Set Wallpaper
Xfce4-panel --The lightest one that works with Compiz properly
Or, if you don't want a panel: stalonetray
Compiz-deskmenu --For a customizable right-click main menu
Gmrun --Run dialog (Alt+F2 in most DEs)
And this helped me a lot.
Thank you all for the replies. I appreciate.
Xfce4-panel can have transparency.  The only problem is that everything become transparent: text, icons, everything.
I use Compiz as a standalone WM and it is much lighter than DE+Compiz. My Compiz setup uses about 30MB(out of 1GB) more RAM than my Openbox setup (which are both the same except for the WM).

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