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151002 Andrew Lowe wrote: |
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> I'm getting disillusioned with the direction KDE is taking |
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> with respect to forcing users to use things they don't want to. |
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> The semantic desktop or whatever they are now calling bits and pieces of it, |
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> is one thing that comes immediately to mind. |
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I took 1 look at the KDE 4 desktop & started using Fluxbox straightaway. |
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> Anyway, I've decided to move on and am thinking of going to lxqt. |
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You might like Fluxbox, which is easy to configure to taste. |
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I had a look at Xfce 12 yesterday & was much impressed : another option. |
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> I'm used to several KDE apps, kwooty, kwrite and a few more. |
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> Is it possible to run something such as lxqt and then emerge |
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> kde apps where it will bring in just a few kde libraries, |
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> which I can live with, but not the whole desktop environment ? |
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I've been doing it for years (smile). |
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I use 'startx' & in .xinitrc I have : |
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xscreensaver & |
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kdeinit & |
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startfluxbox |
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This speeds things up. I even manage to go on using 3 KDE 3 games. |
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The power of Gentoo ! |
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