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Hi, |
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A month ago, the xfce project (http://www.xfce.org) release the 4th |
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version of this desktop environment. I read an article about it and |
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decided to install it. I was pleased to see that it was already in the |
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portage tree. Compilation took some time (and since I already had gnome |
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installed, it didn't had to compile all the gnome libraries. But |
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compilations was fast (on a AMD 2200+). I ran it now for about two weeks |
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and realy like it. I decided to share my experience with the list. |
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Some of the listed advantages of xfce is that it doesn't use much |
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memory, somewhat half the amount used by KDE or Gnome. Design is nice: a |
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toolbar at the bottom of the screen and a taskbar at top (which I found |
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a bit disappointing at the beginning, but anyway, you can change it). It |
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is "themable" (I don't like that, but you can easily make it look like a |
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MacOSX running machine!) The bottom toolbar shows icons for Mozilla, |
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Mozilla mail, xmms, a file manager (that is a bit strange at first), |
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lock and exit, clock, help, settings and some other things. |
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For the last to weeks, I didn't got back to KDE on the three machine I |
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have (a laptop, a home and a work computer). I'm using the next tools as |
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desktop applications : |
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- Mozilla for web and mails |
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- Gnumeric as a spreadsheet |
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- Abiword as a word processor |
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- RhythmBox for my mp3 databank (never used iTunes, but RhythmBox is |
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somewhat alike) |
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- XMMS for mp3 that are not yet in RhythmBox |
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- Grip for CD ripping |
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- EasyTag for tagging |
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- Gaim for instant messaging |
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- And other things. |
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I think that for a Linux newbie, it's a great desktop, especially if you |
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don't have a really powerfull machine. I was disappointed by the fact |
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that xfce doesn't seem to be included in the GRP cds... |
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Comments are welcome and questions also. |
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Fabien |
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