[NTLUG:Discuss] GUI recomendations

Brian Koontz nlc at pongonova.net
Mon Aug 29 17:03:54 CDT 2005


An if ratpoison is too minimalist, XFCE is a nice compromise.  I run
XFCE exclusively on all my machines, and it is a joy to actually have
resources left over for other processes to use.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 03:25:32PM -0500, Lance Simmons wrote:
> * Jay Urish <j at unixwolf.net> [050829 15:05]:
> > I know this will probably touch off a small flame war,
> > 
> > As I get closer to dumping WinBlows and going 100% Linux, I am 
> > confronted with a myriad of choices for my X environment.
> > 
> > So far I have lightly looked at
> > 
> > KDE
> > 
> > Gnome
> > 
> > WindowMaker
> > 
> > Enlightenment
> > 
> > 
> > I have used KDE before and am just temped to go with the tried and true.
> > 
> > 
> > Do the others offer features that are to die for?
> 
> I've found ratpoison to be just what I need.  The mouse does not
> interact with the window manager, only with applications that use a
> mouse.  Once you get your keybindings set up right, you can do
> everything you want with a single keystroke.  Ratpoison abandons the
> "desktop" metaphor completely.
> 
> -- 
> Lance Simmons
> 
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