I am delighted when I read Lee's post of his Core setup. It validates Core's philosophy.
Its not just that you can build a customized system... but that it is so
easy.
The delight is mine - not only do I get a "distribution" that suits me well with a "desktop" that suit me well, but I get it "to go" and there's a certain validation of philosophy that goes the other way too... It is -not- the "natural state" of things to have to tolerate bloat and someone else's choice of apps and I'm not a weirdo for wanting it my way(*).
In case I've neglected to say it recently - Thank you roberts and Team TinyCore!.
As for desktop/window manager: JWM is my choice because it offers plenty of configurability and looks enough like MS windows to not hurt the brain too much when I have to switch back and forth between the two (I use Windows at work).
I had the idea that whenever I get a netbook (with limited vertical screen real estate) I would switch to FLWM (with the title bars on the sides of the windows), but it looks less and less like I'll end up with such new toys any time soon.
I find this site very interesrting. http://www.gilesorr.com/wm/index.html
Yabbut they don't list flwm-topside.
(*)... but I may be a weirdo for something else.