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I enjoy KDE, especially since the atomic builds were introduced. The full |
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KDE is so full of - for my needs - completely useless junk, that I've kept |
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away from it. The bloatedness of KDE atomic is quite acceptable for me. |
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Also, I'm pretty satisfied with the eye-candy. Useability wise, for me, KDE |
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is "better" than Gnome, which I've tried very hard to like. |
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I wanted to like Gnome, and was excited by the new release (what is standard |
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now - I've forgotten the version number) but the dialog boxes for Open File |
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etc simply made me throw it out. Add to that the main KDE killer Evolution |
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went from the Outlook layout to something else, and Kontact took its place. |
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(The organisation of data is the only think I like in Outlook). |
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I've played with other WM/DEs as well. On RedHat I used WindowMaker and on |
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Gentoo I've played with Enlightenment E16/E17 a bit. When the urge comes |
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over me to be "Unixy" I use E. It was some time ago though. |
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The main problem I feel is that lots of apps are written for a specific WM |
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rather than a generic non-WM/DE-dependent API. Which makes the entire |
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desktop look like bits and pieces the cat draged home (run Gimp, Kontact and |
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Scid under KDE and you'll know what I mean). There was (is?) a setting in |
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KDE to force *some* apps to bend to the theme of KDE, but that was buggy |
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when I tried it last time. |
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2005/9/1, Matt Garman <garman@××××××××××.net>: |
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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? I |
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> wouldn't trade the multitude of options availabe in Linux for |
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> anything, but the choices can be overwhelming. |
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> I've played with a lot of 'em, starting with fvwm, through window |
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> maker, enlightenment 15 & 16, icewm, gnome, xfce, kde, blackbox... |
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> I've been using Fluxbox for quite a while now. |
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> I want something that is fairly minimal/lightweight, but with a hint |
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> of eye candy and a functional "panel" or taskbar. Fluxbox just |
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> about has this, but, I can't seem to figure out how to get a |
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> gnome-like panel (unless I ran gnome, which would trump the |
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> lighweight requirement). |
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> I've seen the E17 screenshots, and I'd like to run it, but it's not |
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> a trivial install, plus it's still alpha code (though there's plenty |
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> of anecdotal evidence that it's plenty stable... I'd still rather |
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> wait for an "official" release). |
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> Some interesting links, if you aren't already aware: |
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> http://xwinman.org/ - basic overview of available WMs/DEs |
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> http://www.lynucs.org/ - desktop screenshot archive |
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> http://www.enlightenment.org/ - best of eye candy :) |
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> Anyway, I was just hoping to start a "pub"-style conversation on |
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> what people like/disklike in a window manager. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Matt |
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> Matt Garman |
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> email at: http://raw-sewage.net/index.php?file=email |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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Regards, |
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Martin S |
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