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foser wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 00:26, munky@××××××.com wrote: |
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>> We should |
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>>describe the window managers and state pros and cons about them. |
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> This is fairly subjective. I personally think we should only be |
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> mentioning the major DE's (GNOME,KDE & maybe XFCE) as complete |
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> solutions. The aim should be to inform of what is useful to a big |
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> majority, not to cover everything out there. |
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I think it would be useful to cover these and others, and I think it's |
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possible to do it in a nonsubjective (or barely subjective) way. Take |
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the following for example: |
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"If you are looking for a complete desktop solution that comes close to |
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approximating what you would get out of the box from Windows, try GNOME |
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or KDE. They both have fairly mature component applications, and either |
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will work well for a full-featured desktop environment. Note that these |
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are large application sets, and will take a long time to merge. GNOME |
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and KDE also don't share a common toolset, so applications written for |
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KDE will look and act differently than those written for GNOME. XFCE is |
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a relative newcomer to the full-featured desktop world, and focuses on |
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speed. It is more lightweight than the others, although it shares many |
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of the most useful features (note: I don't know XFCE, I've never used it.) |
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On the other hand, if you are looking for a more unix-y environment that |
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will stay out of your way and give you the ultimate customizability and |
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speed, you might consider something like WindowMaker or BlackBox.... |
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(yada yada, here's the differences, here's their reputations, here's |
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what they're good for, yada yada)" |
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Maybe this helps? |
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