On 10/12/2011, at 5:15 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Regarding LXDE: I decided to try it when I came in this morning. I > like the look and feel of it, and the appearance customizations are > good. It seems, indeed, lightweight and fast. If it is, indeed, > stable, that is also good, but I'm not sure I can use it. However, > after far more fiddling than should be necessary, I finally figured > out how to start a terminal window without sifting through layers of > menus. I do almost everything from a terminal window, and sometimes > open dozens over the course of a day, so making that hard to do drives > me nuts. I never did figure out how to add it to the task bar. In > fact, it seems that one is limited, short of reconfiguring basic bits > of the system, to a small set of pre-configured applets. [snip] I just tried it and indeed LXDE seems nice, fast, simple ... I added (rt-click on desktop) a top menu bard To the bar (rt-click) I added an Application Menu I Edited that Added 'l-terminal' Bing top bar with terminal launcher. Total time 5 mins from apt-get install lxde to my nice back on yellow terminal. I guess that's 50% of the way there ... James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
