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Windowmanagers

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:34 pm
by gyboth
what windowmanager are you people using?

i'm a windowmaker man :-)

gyözö

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:48 pm
by Oki
I use only GNOME. I haven't KDE and QT installed, hehehe.

My Linux is powered by GTK and GNOME. :-D I'm a friend of usability!

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Celso Goya

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:32 pm
by mom2pp
gnome

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:25 am
by atd
Gnome 2.6 (from the debian packages) :D :D .

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:08 am
by Pechorin
I used gnome since "forever", but recently switched to XFCE4. My fallback WM is Windowmaker :D

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:14 am
by gyboth
Pechorin wrote:I used gnome since "forever", but recently switched to XFCE4. My fallback WM is Windowmaker :D
what does xfce look like? and why did you switch?

gyözö

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:18 pm
by Lomion
I have been using WindowMaker for a few years and it is an excellent one (small, light, fast, reliable), but now I am using the CVS version of E17 which is already very stable and extremely pretty.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:09 am
by Pechorin
gyboth wrote:what does xfce look like? and why did you switch?
XFCE4 is based on GTK2, so it has that familiar feel. By default it loads up with a window manager (no desktop icons, and other stuff like that), and two panels. The top panel is for minimizing windows, systray, etc., while the bottom panel is for general shortcut icons, clock, pager, and there is a lot of other useful plugins.

I switched from gnome mainly because it was too hard to update and stuff. Something would get broken each time I upgrade (I use Arch Linux - a great distro, so I keep updating my system daily), and I just got tired.

XFCE4 is lightweight (my machine is good enough for most modern DEs, but it's still nice not to use more than you need), "clean", stable, etc. It's also based on GTK, so everything looks nice (I think I only use one non-GTK application).

Give it a shot, and make sure you also get xfce-goodies and xfce terminal. It's easy to set up, but not bloated.

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:23 am
by T!M
i use fluxbox

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:11 am
by geri
T!M wrote:i use fluxbox
Fluxbox is really cool. I use it too. I should admit, that i am addicted to those sweet little DockApps and can´t do without them. Of course Windowmaker supports them too. Nevertheless Fluxbox just matches my personal taste and my needs much more than any other WM i ever tried.

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:59 pm
by QBoy
kewl topic guys :) :)

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:36 am
by atd
Actualy, GNOME and KDE aren't windowmanagers. They are Desktop Environments.

In can use different windowmanagers. We use metacity.

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:36 pm
by gyboth
atd wrote:Actualy, GNOME and KDE aren't windowmanagers. They are Desktop Environments.
don't be such a quibbler, kid.
In can use different windowmanagers.
who can't? we live in a modern linux world (most of us, anyway), don't we? ;-)

gyözö

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:28 pm
by FFUser
compiz (for one hour now) nice 3d things
before I was using metacity (and maybe I switch back)