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On 9/1/05, Matt Garman <garman@××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the |
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> assertion that the "best" window manager/desktop environment is |
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> strictly a matter of personal preference. |
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> So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? |
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I was in the same position as you a couple of years ago. I tried various |
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WM's and wasn't sure which one to stick with. I came up with the following. |
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I used Gnome for a long time, however about six months ago I switched to KDE |
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permantly. I do miss certian things about gnome (like better integration |
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with D-Bus and automounting hardware), and despite the fact that I primarly |
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program with wxWidgets and not Qt.. I still have found KDE to be the most |
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usefull to me. I think the big change for me was when Gentoo started the |
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split KDE ebuild's so I don't have to have a huge monolithic KDE install |
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anymore. Just the basics and some stuff that I acctualy use. KDE is no |
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longer a hardware/cpu hog and doesn't take much more resources than Fluxbox. |
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However I still use fluxbox if I am going to run a game such as AA. |
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Steve B. |
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