yup! xcfe is indeed a good, lightweight window manager. kaya lang ampangit ng
terminal hehehe (im used to the white-on-black thing). but hopefully,
ma-customize ko yung xcfe based on my prefs.
thanks =)
percy
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:56:19 +0800 (PHT)
Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 at 22:37, Percy wrote:
> > do i have to remove the gnome before installing the xfce? can these
> > window managers work hand in hand? or they're working differently.
>
> No, you don't have to remove GNOME. As a matter of fact Xfce can use among
> others the GNOME and KDE menus, and can run GNOME and KDE applications. I
> don't know if you could say they "work hand in hand", but they work quite
> differently. Also, if you'll be running mostly GNOME or KDE applications I
> don't see the use for running Xfce. Why? Because aside from that little
> you save not running Enlightenment or some other hefty window manager,
> you'll be loading the bloated libraries and applications anyway. So unless
> you will be limiting yourself (like I do) to environment-independent stuff
> like Opera or Netscape or StarOffice (that will eat up your RAM no matter
> what desktop environment you pick), then go with the prettiest. ;>
>
> For me, though, it's familiarity. I started using Xfce when I had a lowly
> system with 128MB RAM and a Celeron 400MHz. I didn't want the extra bloat
> of KDE or GNOME, and really just wanted a system that didn't look like
> Windows. Xfce looks more like CDE than Windows and for that I love it.
> Now that I've gotten used to Xfce, I use it even if I more RAM and a
> system that can probably handle the bloat of GNOME or KDE.
>
> But yes, the configs of Xfce and fvwm are quite similar, and if you know
> how, you can do the key bindings with most any window manager. I learned
> about the bindings, after all, with KDE. :)
>
> --> Jijo
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