Re: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-14 Thread Öì·å
> Andrew Gaffney wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Hi! :) > >> > >> Is it easy to install Blackbox on a Gentoo system? Is it more stable > >> and faster than KDE? Do you suggest me any other GUI? > > > I prefer WindowMaker. It is available as an ebuild and small, fast and > very stab

Re: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-14 Thread Alexander Futasz
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:06:10 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it easy to install Blackbox on a Gentoo system? Is it more stable > and faster than KDE? Do you suggest me any other GUI? I would suggest openbox. It looks and performs better than fluxbox or blackbox, IMHO. # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 e

Re: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-10 Thread Alexander Futasz
On 06 Aug 2003 15:16:44 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 14:01, Alexander Futasz wrote: > > I would suggest openbox. It looks and performs better than fluxbox > > or blackbox, IMHO. > > > > # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge =x11-wm/openbox-2.3.1 >Hi. I've been pretty happy with f

RE: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-09 Thread Mark Knecht
> > >Hi. I've been pretty happy with fluxbox, but things can always get > > better, right? > > > >How do you measure performance to say it's better? > > When I said it performs better than I didn't mean speed. English isn't > my native language, sorry. I prefer openbox because it is standar

Re: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-07 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 14:01, Alexander Futasz wrote: > On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:06:10 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is it easy to install Blackbox on a Gentoo system? Is it more stable > > and faster than KDE? Do you suggest me any other GUI? > > I would suggest openbox. It looks and performs b

Re: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-06 Thread latin hypercube
I'm very happy running with Fluxbox. Worth noting that it is easy to run KDE applications without using the KDE window manager and desktop. I happen to like Kmail and use it on my desktop under KDE and on my laptop under Fluxbox. On Monday 04 August 2003 15:54, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Hi! :) >

Re: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-05 Thread Michael Gruetzner
Andrew Gaffney wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! :) Is it easy to install Blackbox on a Gentoo system? Is it more stable and faster than KDE? Do you suggest me any other GUI? I prefer WindowMaker. It is available as an ebuild and small, fast and very stable. MfG Michael -- #ifdef STUPIDLY_T

RE: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-04 Thread Mark Knecht
> > Hi! :) > > Is it easy to install Blackbox on a Gentoo system? Is it more > stable and faster than KDE? Do you suggest me any other GUI? > > Thanks, > > Michel Hi, Very similar to Blackbox is fluxbox which I use very happily. 'emerge fluxbox' and 10 minutes later you're running. It's very st

Re: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-04 Thread Collins Richey
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:06:10 -0400 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! :) > > Is it easy to install Blackbox on a Gentoo system? Is it more stable > and faster than KDE? Do you suggest me any other GUI? > Just emerge blackbox. Anything is faster and less resource consumptive than kde or gnome. Mo

Re: [gentoo-user] Blackbox

2003-08-04 Thread Andrew Gaffney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! :) Is it easy to install Blackbox on a Gentoo system? Is it more stable and faster than KDE? Do you suggest me any other GUI? Yes, 'emerge blackbox'. Well, just about anything is going to be more stable and faster than a bloated desktop environment like GNOME or KDE.