140816 behrouz khosravi wrote: > So can you please tell me why you have chosen a specific DE > and not the other options ?
I've used Fluxbox for a long time & am completely satisfied ; it's very customisable, fast & reliable ; I start it with 'startx' ; the only problem is that it's not good at automatically starting apps, but I've defined Alt-F<n> keys to start the regulars & that's very quick. I use Apwal -- not nearly well enough known -- via R-click to call up an array of quick-start icons on an empty desktop ; I create + update the regular menu with Vim & open it via Alt-Space, which allows me to use it even on a full desktop ; I have long organised my activities via 10 desktops. I like KDE apps & have a dozen installed ; updating is fairly quick & I don't do it for every release, most of which don't affect me. I used Xfce for a short time, but dropped it when 4.2 was slow to appear ; Fluxbox proved to be a better alternative. I never liked Gnome, its apps, its interface or its multitude of deps ; I've never installed or used it, but I've seen it from the outside ; I do use Evince as a quick alternative to Okular for PDFs . The great attraction of Gentoo is that you get to build your own system & can mix + match as much as you please. HTH. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
