Well put! On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Andy Pintar <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using fluxbox on my 'desktop' machines since the late 90s, and > it's just as fast as ever. Text-based config files, you can update > launching menus via a script if you add new software, and keymappings are > totally configurable. Xmodmaps for spanish and french input (making use of > the windows keys and menu key usefully), can run gnome and kde apps, what's > not to love? If you like clicking on icons, it's probably not for you but > if you want lightweight and don't want to impress your freinds with > graphical whizzbangs then it's worth a shot. Stable, lots of themes if > that's your thing, you can set a background image, and it's faster and more > stable than any of the big ones. > > This whole destop debate starts to sound a lot like the whole windows vs > linux debate. And there are those who really want to consider the windows > user who will want a familiar environment when they switch to linux. One of > the great benefits of *ix (or *ux) was that it empowers the user to decide > what to run/install. Then Ubuntu came out and everything was easier. Then > it got slower and slower. And then Gnome started cutting out user options, > making it 'easier' by conforming to a lowest common denominator of 'stupid'. > Now there's android which is linux only by kernel, and it's not worth (IMO) > debating what garbage WM is better as a standard. It's linux, there are > choices, I like "a", you like "b", he likes "c". All this energy wasted on > this means less time/energy spent on real work. If you support a userbase, > figure out what they like, there's your .xinitrc, so you can actualy change > your WM per user without changing distro... MAC/APPLE did a great > disservice to the gnu/linux community by making such a popular and polished > 'one UI to rule them all' interface. We've been struggling to try and find > that single linux alternative ever since, forgetting about the benefits of > variety. > > My 2cents anyway... > Also fluxbox or die. > > Also, who wants to run a javascript window manager? Seriously? This whole > gnome shell thing makes my stomach upset. I'd rather waste cycles doing > work, not moving windows. > > On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Gary Baribault wrote: > >> I gave up and moved to KDE >> >> Gary Baribault >> Courriel: [email protected] >> GPG Key: 0x685430d1 >> Signature: 9E4D 1B7C CB9F 9239 11D9 71C3 6C35 C6B7 6854 30D1 >> >> On 02/17/2012 01:56 PM, Jeremy wrote: >> On 02/17/2012 01:31 PM, Gary Baribault wrote: >> it's old, therefore it's no good anymore :-P (I'm >> about your age too!) >> >> Gary Baribault >> Courriel: [email protected] >> GPG Key: 0x685430d1 >> Signature: 9E4D 1B7C CB9F 9239 11D9 71C3 6C35 C6B7 6854 30D1 >> >> You oldtimers (hey you said it not me) can still have your >> gnome2 interface :) >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAT%C3%89_%28desktop_environment%29 >> >> I for one welcome our new gnome overlords. >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
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