Using Ratpoison/Pros and cons

Pros Ratpoison is extremely lightweight and will therefore run on ancient hardware as well as a 32-way SPARC. Rodent usage is minimized and the keyboard is promoted, relieving your arms and shoulders and decreasing the risk of injury Ratpoison works very well with multiple monitors Cons A bit cumbersome to work with Not suited for UNIX beginners, this is a window manager written by experts for experts Some programs are not written for this kind of window managers and do not work very well.