--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, wombat wrote:
>
> It's only my own experience but I liked XUbuntu a lot on my netbook until I
> fiddled around one time too many and scragged it, so am currently installing
> Mint 13 xfce edition (I like xfce!) which seems to work out of the box . Much
> depends on your system and your personal preferences.
> The Wombat
>
> Charles Doubek wrote:
>
Mint and XFCE are good stuff. I still don't understand why distributions put
out Desktop Environment editions though. You can change those anytime you like.
The classic way is to simply edit your ~/.xinitrc file. A long time ago Window
Managers came with menu options where you could change on the fly. Which was
pretty neat, because after you selected a Window Manager off the menu you'd
switch, but retain whatever applications you happened to be running at the
time. Your X Window session wouldn't even restart. I think that trick was
accomplished by making another application the parent process instead of the
Window Manager.
Now folks seem to think you need to do a new installation to change? The most
you should ever have to do in order to switch is start a new X session.
------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from this list, please email
linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups
Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
linux_newbies-dig...@yahoogroups.com
linux_newbies-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
