On Friday 29 October 2004 07:25 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:52:16 +1000 > > Stephen K�hn disseminated the following: > > Well pfffft! > > > > I hate things starting up without my expressly starting them. > > ...like when you start KDE? ;-) That was my point, .xinitrc, or whatever > script is what allows you to do just that: be in total control. > > > Although I have many MANY window manglers/desktops installed, I stay in > > what works best for me - XFce4 - and not about to change that neither > > (unless E17 ever makes the light of day) - hence, Xtart has been my fave. > > XFCE4 is definitely my second fav to Pek. If only it had > autoprops/autogrouping, I would be *so* there. I've even been known to use > XFCE4 with Pek as my WM. It's kinda cool. > > > BTW, I have checked out PekkerWM in the past (it is installed) but found > > that it doesn't come close to being suitable for my usage...but as is > > said, some folks like coffee, some folks like tea and some folks just > > can't come to realise that PekWM sucks. (grin) > > Pffffft! yerself. It's 'missing' a lot, that's for sure, in the sense that > it is almost as minimalist as something like Oroborus. That's what I like, > though, minimalist. XFCE4 is definitely the best Desktop Environment, bar > none. It has everything a newb could want, plus a lot the power user could > need, except the autoprops/autogrouping...oh, and the scriptable/dynamic > menus. Can XFCE do this?: > > http://www.freeyourmachine.org/menu.png > > I can access any file in my home dir from the root menu with two clicks. > > ...and there's a *lot* more: > > http://wiki.pekwm.org/index.php/CategoryMenuScripts > > Heh, I bet the OP never thought he'd start a WM/DE war ;-) Oh you just ran moaning goat monitor ;-)
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