On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:59:02 -0800 (PST) "Kevin O'Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can? I might get interested, if it's also got multiple > desktops. Aside from those things, KDE doesn't do that much > for me, and does do some things I don't care for. > > ++ kevin > > > On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > > Yes, but you can run these under xfce. > > > > > > > Interesting idea. I'll try it if all else fails. > > > > > > I'm reluctant to ditch KDE, because I'm familiar with it and in > > > most respects can provide support to my wife in its use. > > > Besides, I personally use a couple of things that only KDE > > > provides: kdevelop and six, and my wife really likes kpatience. > > >
Just to summarize: 1) xfce has a panel which includes iconized menu selections and desktop switching buttons. 2) There is an optional taskbar that allows you to switch windows directly. 3) A menu will be generated for kde and/or gnome applications if you have them installed. 4) xfce starts up in mere seconds, and it restarts 99% of your programs on the desktops/position where they last ran. A very few programs don't respond to the window geometry hints, and a very few simply refuse to restart automatically. 5) I've only experienced xfce/xfwmone failure in several releases and approximately 4 years; even new features in testing (like taskbar) were more stable than the average package. 6) There is a very responsive user group, plus lots of folks here use xfce. 7) All you have to lose is a lot of frustration dealing with kde! Enjoy, -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Gentoo 1.4 sytem _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
