"MURRAY, Paul" wrote:
> I'm finding KDE to be a little feature-rich. It also uses a far too much
> screen real estate.
you know you can change that. i am using KDE on my little laptop now
cause it's almost as fast as blackbox, but has more features.
> Is there an X desktop environment out there that is
> minimal?
Blackbox is very minimal.
> Frankly, I'm looking for a Win-95 clone.
blackbox isn't a 95 clone, but it's very simple to use and is very easy to
configure.
and it can be very pretty to look at, i think that anyway.
> One (small) bar down the
> bottom
that's blackbox.
> with a list of running processes
they don't clump up like in 95, you have to click to see them.
> and one "start" button.
well no start button, but it would be simple to have the menu say "start" at
the
top if it would make you feel better. ;)
> Shortcuts on
> the desktop.
not unless you enable KDE or GNOME or slit support. read the docs
about that.
> I don't even need a clock on the bar.
there isn't one in blackbox, unless you add it yourself.
> K is just too much.
blackbox is just enough.
bye.
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