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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:18:22 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
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> I'm wanting to experiment with some alternative window managers. I've |
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> already emerged them, but I'd like to have them available as separate |
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> sessions when I log in, and possibly migrate to one of them as default (or |
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> only) session available. |
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Always a fun pastime! |
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> I've only used KDE and Gnome in the past, and they are very polished, at |
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> least in the aspect that they automatically are added as alternative |
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> sessions. I know we have some alternative window manager users around, so |
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> I figured this would be the best place to ask how to set these alternative |
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> window managers up in Gentoo. |
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snip... |
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FWIW, I use enlightenment from cvs (enlightenment-0.16.9999) and ROX to |
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manage the panel and desktop. I also have kde installed and run its |
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applications as needed. I've used e for years and _really_ enjoy it! |
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http://enlightenment.org (DR16 is the version you'll follow here) |
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http://rox.sf.net |
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ROX is an incredibly lightweight desktop and file manager. The more you |
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use it, the more you'll appreciate what it does! |
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The real benefit of this combination is that they are both really small |
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packages. No multi-day compiles required. For me, Athlon XP 2500 oc'ed to |
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2800, enlightenment compiles in 1 minute, rox in less than 1. |
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caveat: sometimes the sourceforge servers don't let you cvs, so some |
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retries might be required. |
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# time ebuild enlightenment-0.16.9999.ebuild compile |
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real 0m55.096s |
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user 0m39.489s |
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sys 0m10.694s |
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image, compiling an entire wm in under 1 minute! |
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# time ebuild rox-2.3.ebuild compile |
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real 0m43.412s |
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user 0m32.358s |
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sys 0m8.698s |
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Pretty swift if you ask me. Of course, your mileage may vary, and you will |
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need to allow time for downloading and merging or getting dependencies. |
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Neither has many though. Good luck. |
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JM2C. |
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