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050831 Matt Garman wrote: |
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> what window manager do you use, and why? |
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I've done my own review a couple of times, when dissatisfied, |
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so I have an idea of what each of a fair number does. |
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I started with a very primitive KDE on an early Mandrake, |
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read about Xfce, tried it -- version 3.18.8 -- , liked it & adopted it: |
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it was more elegant than KDE, but fully capable of managing my activities. |
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Soon afterwards, the Xfce devs brought out a total rewrite (4.0.0), |
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which never lived upto their promises & lacked items from 3.18.8 . |
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Finally, irritated by the state of things around Xfce, |
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I did another review & discovered Blackbox (0.65), |
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which was very simple, but also fully useable once I found out how. |
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Soon afterwards, the Blackbox dev (there's only one) brought out a rewrite |
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-- 0.70 -- which didn't work with some of the BB plug-ins & gadgets, |
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making it impossible to use without constant irritation. |
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As I had KDE installed to support useful apps, I went back to that |
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& have found that it is now fast & highly configurable to my tastes |
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with a very wide range of useful features, so that is today's choice. |
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I like to use the whole of my 15" screen & KDE allows me to hide the panel; |
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I rely on the R-click desktop menu to start apps. |
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The KDE team did a very thoro' survey of users' requests c 2003 |
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& as a result introduced a host of improvements, which shine today. |
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They also made a real effort to make the whole thing much faster |
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& now the Gentoo devs have split it up into easy bits for emerging. |
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I do have Fluxbox installed as a back-up, in case KDE falls down a hole. |
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Fvwm looks like a meta-WM which can be infinitely configured |
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& I still have it installed, but haven't pursued it anywhere. |
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My strong preference is for something I can use & look at day after day |
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without being distracted by candy or hindered by awkwardnesses. |
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