[NTLUG:Discuss] KDE config

Seth Daniel seth at ti.com
Mon Jul 10 09:46:35 CDT 2000


Although I use Gnome (and love it), I'd have to second this.  If you
*really* want CDE then I'd recommend XFCE.  It's very nice.

On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 11:37:55AM -0500, Michael H. Collins wrote:
> 	If you want cde, get XFCE3.  CDE that really works. lightweigt and
> gnome and kde compliant.  The best there is.
> 
> http://www.xfce.org
> 
> 
> Johnie Stafford wrote:
> > 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > I just installed RH6.2 and decided this time to give KDE a shot. I
> > tried Gnome/Enlightenment a shot once before and hated it. I always
> > seem to revert back to Motif.
> > 
> > So now I've got this KDE desktop. The workspace manager bears a
> > striking resemblence to that Gnome workspace manager that I loathed
> > so. Also, I've got all these stupid icons on the root window that when
> > you delete come back with the next login. And when I "minimize" a
> > window it seems to disappear into oblivion.
> > 
> > So my question is this. Is there a way to configure KDE to work like
> > CDE? That's what I'm used to since my computer at work is a Sun. When
> > I told it that I wanted to use KDE, I had somewhat expected to get a
> > similar workspace manager. I also expected things like minimizing
> > windows an being able to find them iconified on the root window.
> > 
> > Can anybody help me or is it time to start digging out my Motif CD?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > 
> > Johnie
> > 
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