Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-05-24 Thread spiralofhope
On Sun, 24 May 2020 16:20:05 +0200 "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" wrote: > TDE with it's qt3 fork :) Going down that rabbit hole, I see that Exe GNU/Linux uses it by default and is also using Devuan. This seems to be a trivial way for me to check out TDE at its finest. http://exegnulinux.net/

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-05-24 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Anno domini 2020 Sun, 24 May 09:28:58 -0400 Hendrik Boom scripsit: > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:55:43AM +, aitor_czr wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 05/24/2020 11:28 AM, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > > > I still have some doubts if LXQt could be a better choice. > > > > > > Thanks again for your

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-05-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:55:43AM +, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi, > > On 05/24/2020 11:28 AM, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > > I still have some doubts if LXQt could be a better choice. > > > > Thanks again for your support > > Regards > > I have my doubts about Qt in general: > >

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-05-24 Thread aitor_czr
Hi, On 05/24/2020 11:28 AM, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: I still have some doubts if LXQt could be a better choice. Thanks again for your support Regards I have my doubts about Qt in general: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-offering-changes-2020 Cheers, Aitor.

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-05-24 Thread al3xu5 / dotcommon
Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:29:58 +0100 - al3xu5 / dotcommon : > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? > Please, based on your experience and knowledge of Devuan and DEs, can > you help me in choosing (avoiding me to

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting spiralofhope (spiralofh...@spiralofhope.com): > If memory serves, GTK3 has had a history of incredibly stupid decisions > mid-version which broke a number of things like aspects of themes. For > example, my GTK3 apps no longer have underlined hotkeys until I hold > the alt key. Quite.

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com): > Your comment is a general truth but LXDE is a special case: [...] You just talked all _around_ my point, but didn't address it. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting goli...@devuan.org (goli...@devuan.org): > There are always exceptions to broad generalizations. This camp has > many LXDE aficionados who might find your declaration that LXDE is > dead rather counterproductive. As a reminder, I said the _project_ is dead, not that LXDE is. That

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:23:18 -0700 Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting goli...@devuan.org (goli...@devuan.org): > > > Have you read the beowulf release notes? > > I'm a bit behind, sorry. > > > LXDE is available and quite functional with a few caveats. > > I'm sure it is. My comment is

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread spiralofhope
On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:03:53 -0700 Rick Moen wrote: > LXDE > is one of many projects who looked at the dismaying near-total rewrite > required for migrating to GTK3 (and GTK's increasing GNOME-centric > nature) and made the agonising decision to bail and migrated sideways > to Qt. If memory

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread golinux
On 2020-03-16 17:23, Rick Moen wrote: Quoting goli...@devuan.org (goli...@devuan.org): Have you read the beowulf release notes? I'm a bit behind, sorry. LXDE is available and quite functional with a few caveats. I'm sure it is. My comment is nonetheless a general truth. LXDE is

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting goli...@devuan.org (goli...@devuan.org): > Have you read the beowulf release notes? I'm a bit behind, sorry. > LXDE is available and quite functional with a few caveats. I'm sure it is. My comment is nonetheless a general truth. LXDE is effectively a several-years-dead project.

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread golinux
On 2020-03-16 14:03, Rick Moen wrote: Quoting al3xu5 / dotcommon (dotcom...@autistici.org): I think LXDE could be a good compromise for me, because it has openbox but it is faster to configure and more "close" in use for those who come from a different "ready-made" DM... Be aware that LXDE

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting al3xu5 / dotcommon (dotcom...@autistici.org): > I think LXDE could be a good compromise for me, because it has openbox but it > is faster to configure and more "close" in use for those who come from a > different "ready-made" DM... Be aware that LXDE is EOLed and pretty much has no

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:56:36 +0100 al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > Someone asked why wanting to change MATE, the reason is the concern > of being sooner or later "forced" to do so in case MATE evolves too > much in directions that do not seem "appropriate" to me (systemd > oriented deps,

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-16 Thread al3xu5 / dotcommon
25/02/2020 16:29:58 +0100 al3xu5 / dotcommon : > So what you suggest should be the first choice to bet on? First of all I would like to thank you all for the many interesting and useful answers. As I mentioned, my desire is to have a highly usable, easily configurable, stable over time UI.

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-04 Thread aitor
Hi Steve, On 3/3/20 20:05, Steve Litt wrote: On Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:11:49 +0100 "J. Fahrner via Dng" wrote: Am 2020-03-01 23:07, schrieb aitor: My vote is for tint2. I also vote for openbox with tint2. Last night I installed tint2 on my OpenBox. Seems to work very nicely. The tint2conf

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-04 Thread aitor
Hi Jochen, On 2/3/20 8:11, J. Fahrner via Dng wrote: Am 2020-03-01 23:07, schrieb aitor: My vote is for tint2. I also vote for openbox with tint2. if you don't want to tediously configure it yourself, install Bunsenlabs https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ and then migrate it to Devuan.

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:11:49 +0100 "J. Fahrner via Dng" wrote: > Am 2020-03-01 23:07, schrieb aitor: > > > My vote is for tint2. > > I also vote for openbox with tint2. Last night I installed tint2 on my OpenBox. Seems to work very nicely. The tint2conf configuration tool that ships with it

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-01 Thread J. Fahrner via Dng
Am 2020-03-01 23:07, schrieb aitor: My vote is for tint2. I also vote for openbox with tint2. if you don't want to tediously configure it yourself, install Bunsenlabs https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ and then migrate it to Devuan. Bunsenlabs has a nice theme and helper scripts for the openbox

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-01 Thread spiralofhope
On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 23:07:33 +0100 aitor wrote: > On 1/3/20 11:56, spiralofhope wrote: > > On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 04:12:07 -0500 > > Steve Litt wrote: > > > >> OpenBox, which I consider the best of the bunch if you don't need a > >> panel > > My vote is for fbpanel or lxpanel. > My vote is for

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-01 Thread aitor
On 1/3/20 11:56, spiralofhope wrote: On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 04:12:07 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: OpenBox, which I consider the best of the bunch if you don't need a panel My vote is for fbpanel or lxpanel. My vote is for tint2. ___ Dng mailing list

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-01 Thread viverna
il devuanizzato Steve Litt il 01-03-20 10:13:59 ha scritto: On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:04:10 +0100 viverna wrote: il devuanizzato al3xu5 / dotcommon il 25-02-20 16:29:58 ha scritto: >So what you suggest should be the first choice to bet on? LXDE+openbox for me or openbox only. I concur.

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-01 Thread spiralofhope
On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 04:12:07 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: > OpenBox, which I consider the best of the bunch if you don't need a > panel My vote is for fbpanel or lxpanel. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:29:58 +0100 al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > Hi all > > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? > > Please, based on your experience and knowledge of Devuan and DEs, can > you help me in choosing

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:04:10 +0100 viverna wrote: > il devuanizzato al3xu5 / dotcommon il > 25-02-20 16:29:58 ha scritto: > >So what you suggest should be the first choice to bet on? > LXDE+openbox for me or openbox only. > I concur. If you like them, you'll like them even better by simply

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:58:29 -0500 Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 04:29:58PM +0100, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? > > I've used XFCE and

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-27 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Anno domini 2020 Thu, 27 Feb 21:34:32 +0100 viverna scripsit: > il devuanizzato Dr. Nikolaus Klepp il 26-02-20 21:43:41 ha > scritto: > >Anno domini 2020 Wed, 26 Feb 20:15:59 +0100 > > viverna scripsit: > >> I don't try Trinity, there is in Devuan repo? > >> > > > >add these, they work for

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-27 Thread viverna
il devuanizzato Dr. Nikolaus Klepp il 26-02-20 21:43:41 ha scritto: Anno domini 2020 Wed, 26 Feb 20:15:59 +0100 viverna scripsit: I don't try Trinity, there is in Devuan repo? add these, they work for beowulf, too: deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity-sb buster deps-r14

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-26 Thread Florian Zieboll
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:04:10 +0100 viverna wrote: > il devuanizzato al3xu5 / dotcommon il > 25-02-20 16:29:58 ha scritto: > > > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-26 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Anno domini 2020 Wed, 26 Feb 20:15:59 +0100 viverna scripsit: > il devuanizzato Dimitris via Dng il 26-02-20 14:07:14 ha > scritto: > >On 2/25/20 10:07 PM, viverna wrote: > >> LXDE is ancestor of LXQt. However is a wonderful DE mostly with openbox > >> combination. Openbox is great even alone.

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-26 Thread viverna
il devuanizzato Dimitris via Dng il 26-02-20 14:07:14 ha scritto: On 2/25/20 10:07 PM, viverna wrote: LXDE is ancestor of LXQt. However is a wonderful DE mostly with openbox combination. Openbox is great even alone. MATE with Openbox is a lighter possibility too.. Yes, MATE is a good DE

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-26 Thread Dimitris via Dng
On 2/25/20 10:07 PM, viverna wrote: > LXDE is ancestor of LXQt. However is a wonderful DE mostly with openbox > combination. Openbox is great even alone. MATE with Openbox is a lighter possibility too.. i've been changing DEs, DMs regurarly, but always find myself going back to MATE. (lately i've

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting al3xu5 / dotcommon (dotcom...@autistici.org): > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? A possibly novel thought: How about starting your exploration with 'none of the above'? Based on your description of

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread Jim Jackson
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > Hi all > > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? You've had lots of comments, but nobody has asked you WHY you wish to change. What is wrong with MATE, for

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread spiralofhope
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 22:44:10 +0100 Harald Arnesen via Dng wrote: > Do you drink beer or wine, Pepsi or Coke? Same thing. emacs or vi, it's all text. ;) ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread spiralofhope
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:29:58 +0100 al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > and I would like a > de that has the least dependencies but also remains stable and > "comfortable" in configuration, personalization and use... I've only had XFCE experience out of your three, and that's really only because I

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread Harald Arnesen via Dng
al3xu5 / dotcommon [25/02/2020 16.29]: > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? Do you drink beer or wine, Pepsi or Coke? Same thing. -- Hilsen Harald ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread viverna
il devuanizzato al3xu5 / dotcommon il 25-02-20 16:29:58 ha scritto: Hi all I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? LXDE is ancestor of LXQt. However is a wonderful DE mostly with openbox combination. Openbox is

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread aitor
Hi, En 25 de febrero de 2020 20:40:12 Tito via Dng escribió: On 2/25/20 4:40 PM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: Hi! Anno domini 2020 Tue, 25 Feb 16:29:58 +0100 al3xu5 / dotcommon scripsit: Hi all I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt:

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread viverna
il devuanizzato al3xu5 / dotcommon il 25-02-20 16:29:58 ha scritto: Hi all I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? LXDE is ancestor of LXQt. However is a wonderful DE mostly with openbox combination. Openbox is

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread Tito via Dng
On 2/25/20 4:40 PM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: Hi! Anno domini 2020 Tue, 25 Feb 16:29:58 +0100 al3xu5 / dotcommon scripsit: Hi all I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? Please, based on your experience and

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 04:29:58PM +0100, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > Hi all > > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? I've used XFCE and LXQt. I hapen to be using LXQt now. I'm happy with either. I'm also happy

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Hi! Anno domini 2020 Tue, 25 Feb 16:29:58 +0100 al3xu5 / dotcommon scripsit: > Hi all > > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? > > Please, based on your experience and knowledge of Devuan and DEs, can > you

[DNG] Which DE?

2020-02-25 Thread al3xu5 / dotcommon
Hi all I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? Please, based on your experience and knowledge of Devuan and DEs, can you help me in choosing (avoiding me to invest too much time doing long experiments)? Consider that

Re: [Dng] Which DE will initially be fully supported in Devuan?

2015-03-24 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Am Montag, 23. März 2015 schrieb Anto: Hello Everybody, I hope I am not too early to ask this. I have been switching desktops that are available in Debian so many times. But I always go back to XFCE. I have been on XFCE (again) for almost a year now. From the recent discussions, it

Re: [Dng] Which DE will initially be fully supported in Devuan?

2015-03-23 Thread Anto
I guess I missed reading http://lists.devuan.org/dwn/54F5606A.20909.dyne.org.html. XFCE it is then. On 23/03/15 21:44, Anto wrote: Hello Everybody, I hope I am not too early to ask this. I have been switching desktops that are available in Debian so many times. But I always go back to XFCE.