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 Dec 2 2003, 07:28 AM
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 LinuxHelp Admin  Group: Admin Posts: 1,096 Joined: 18-September 02 Member No.: 1  |
What window manager do you use and why? Screenshots allowed!
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Dec 2 2003, 03:14 PM
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 Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Admin Posts: 1,254 Joined: 21-September 02 From: St John's, Newfoundland, Canada Member No.: 3 |
I'm going to be a pain and point out that KDE isn't a window manager, but rather Kwin
 Anyways, here's a few screenies: KDE 3.2 with an OSX look and feel in Gentoo: http://www.thegoodtimes.ca/~tourettes/scre...de32-120103.png KDE 3.1.4 with a SuperKaramba theme in Gentoo: http://www.thegoodtimes.ca/~tourettes/scre...hots/71204a.png Windowmaker 0.80 with my favorite theme, Blueheart, as well as TVtime in Debian: http://www.thegoodtimes.ca/~tourettes/scre...s/wm-tvtime.png Lycoris Desktop, I installed this distro to try it out: http://www.thegoodtimes.ca/~tourettes/scre...ots/lycoris.png Redhat 9 with Microsoft Outlook running, looks like a native linux app eh? http://www.thegoodtimes.ca/~tourettes/scre...s/snapshot1.png -------------------- Corey Quilliam
(former) Linuxhelp.ca Administrator cquilliam-AT-gmail-dot-com Want to help out Linuxhelp.net? Check out our Linuxhelp Wiki and see if there are some articles you would like to submit!! -- Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit - Work Laptop (HP-Compaq NC6400 Core2) Kubuntu 8.04 64-bit - Desktop (HP m8120n QuadCore) Ubuntu 6.04 - Server (I'm not upgrading this baby until support runs out in 2012) (Some old POS dell) |
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Dec 3 2003, 04:41 PM
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 RMS is my Hero Group: Admin Posts: 632 Joined: 27-September 02 From: Louisiana Member No.: 5 |
no window manager here...all command line
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10 PRINT "My Signature" 20 GOTO 10 |
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Dec 4 2003, 07:25 AM
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 Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Admin Posts: 3,433 Joined: 25-July 03 From: Corpus Chrsiti, TX, USA Member No.: 1,151 |
@chrisw ... man, you are hard core
 (I even have Ximian Gnome 1.4 (and CDE) on my HP-UX 11.0 server...even though I don't use them very often). I am a Gnome guy (metacity is the Window Manager for Gnome, for anyone who is wondering where it is on the list above). -------------------- Johnny Hughes
hughesjr@linuxhelp.net Enterprise Alternatives: CentOS, WhiteBoxEL Favorite Workstation Distros (in order): CentOS, Gentoo, Debian Sarge, Ubuntu, Mandrake, FedoraCore, Slackware, SUSE Favorite Server Distros (in order): CentOS, WhiteBoxEL, Debian Sarge, Slackware, Mandrake, FedoraCore, Gentoo, SUSE |
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Dec 8 2003, 04:10 PM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Admin Posts: 1,254 Joined: 21-September 02 From: St John's, Newfoundland, Canada Member No.: 3 |
Hey, using command line only is not as hardcore as it used to be. I did some fiddleing around with my system, here are a few apps running in console for me:
Web browser: http://www.thegoodtimes.ca/~tourettes/scre...shots/links.png IRC Chat: http://www.thegoodtimes.ca/~tourettes/scre...hots/bitchx.png And, with the amount of applications available for console (and directfb specifically), you realy don't need XFree86 anymore: Movie Player: Mplayer/Xine ICQ: licq (console plugin) Web: links2 with -g parameter TV: Xawtv's 'fbtv' or tvtime run in -directfb mode Email: too many to count IRC: BitchX, etc. -------------------- Corey Quilliam
(former) Linuxhelp.ca Administrator cquilliam-AT-gmail-dot-com Want to help out Linuxhelp.net? Check out our Linuxhelp Wiki and see if there are some articles you would like to submit!! -- Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit - Work Laptop (HP-Compaq NC6400 Core2) Kubuntu 8.04 64-bit - Desktop (HP m8120n QuadCore) Ubuntu 6.04 - Server (I'm not upgrading this baby until support runs out in 2012) (Some old POS dell) |
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Dec 9 2003, 04:39 PM
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RMS is my Hero Group: Admin Posts: 632 Joined: 27-September 02 From: Louisiana Member No.: 5 |
i found that even though i had X on my box and using it...i always opened a command prompt window to do all my configuration.
I found that you can jump around *nix systems easier when have done stuff through command line....plus it makes for a smaller install. another thing is i totally install every thing from source. UNLESS the software i want to use is only available through rpm or if there is lots and lots of extract crap that i need to install and if that is the case i just run my up2date app and it downloads the necessary dependencies/files.... plus i find it easier to work command line anyway....i use to do everything from X years back....like redhat 5.1 days but ive come along way so there is no need for X anymore...... -------------------- My BASIC Signature
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Dec 11 2003, 11:08 AM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Admin Posts: 1,254 Joined: 21-September 02 From: St John's, Newfoundland, Canada Member No.: 3 |
chrisw, I think you would enjoy a Gentoo install. It really stands out from a lot of other distributions.
-------------------- Corey Quilliam
(former) Linuxhelp.ca Administrator cquilliam-AT-gmail-dot-com Want to help out Linuxhelp.net? Check out our Linuxhelp Wiki and see if there are some articles you would like to submit!! -- Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit - Work Laptop (HP-Compaq NC6400 Core2) Kubuntu 8.04 64-bit - Desktop (HP m8120n QuadCore) Ubuntu 6.04 - Server (I'm not upgrading this baby until support runs out in 2012) (Some old POS dell) |
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Apr 3 2004, 06:27 PM
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 RMS is my Hero Group: Support Specialist Posts: 782 Joined: 6-October 02 From: Trichy,INDIA Member No.: 29 |
Hey
I remeber i voted for WindowMaker....But still windowmaker recieves 0 votes..this is ridiculas...give another chance fella. Actually window maker is great...it is very vast...very easily customisable...And is evolving very fast... Excuse me..but i am going join window maker project.... -------------------- Hemant Kumar
 hemant@linuxhelp.net |
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Apr 3 2004, 06:58 PM
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 Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,420 Joined: 3-January 04 From: Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) Member No.: 2,069 |
Hi
Gnome rulez over all, with free beer, and a lot of other stuff...yehaaaa Sincerely Robert B -------------------- Robert Becskei
robert83@linuxhelp.net -------------------- May the source be with us! -------------------- AMD X2-3800 @ 2400Mhz 2048MB DDR 400Mhz DFI Lanparty UT4 NF4 ULTRA-D GeForce 7800GT 250GB+250GB Pioneer DVD-RW 17inch Samsung Syncmaster 757NF WinXP Pro (SP2)/ CentOS 4.3 -------------------- |
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 Jun 28 2004, 08:06 PM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 27-June 04 Member No.: 3,241 |
Wot's dis do'n it wif a penquin thing?
Where I come from dat's illegal. LOL. -------------------- Old nooby
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Nov 24 2004, 12:31 PM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 14-November 04 Member No.: 4,170 |
I like the KDE Desktop it has made my transition to linux much easier than i thought it would be but one day i hope to be able to gain enough confidence in myself to use only command line interface but that is a ways off for me right now.
Scincerly Russell Morton |
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Jan 8 2005, 11:14 PM
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 Grub-er Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 28-September 04 From: Buffalo Member No.: 3,855 |
im a fan of pekwm.
its fast its simple. And best of all there is no task bar by default so i can make it look just like the console and pretend i hae for consoles running PekWM.Org -------------------- "And we were differant, just like all the other kids."
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Jan 8 2005, 11:30 PM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Admin Posts: 3,433 Joined: 25-July 03 From: Corpus Chrsiti, TX, USA Member No.: 1,151 |
What is up with all these KDE freaks
... I switched to KDE for a month (as a test), but then back to my GNOME.
-------------------- Johnny Hughes
hughesjr@linuxhelp.net Enterprise Alternatives: CentOS, WhiteBoxEL Favorite Workstation Distros (in order): CentOS, Gentoo, Debian Sarge, Ubuntu, Mandrake, FedoraCore, Slackware, SUSE Favorite Server Distros (in order): CentOS, WhiteBoxEL, Debian Sarge, Slackware, Mandrake, FedoraCore, Gentoo, SUSE |
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Jan 9 2005, 05:05 AM
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RMS is my Hero Group: Support Specialist Posts: 782 Joined: 6-October 02 From: Trichy,INDIA Member No.: 29 |
Well,i was a GNOME user,but i am using KDE since some 2 or 3 months...
It seems that GNOME people,are trying to hide every configuration option from the user. On the other hand KDE is powerful,and very easily customisable... -------------------- Hemant Kumar
hemant@linuxhelp.net |
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Jan 9 2005, 12:34 PM
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Grub-er Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 28-September 04 From: Buffalo Member No.: 3,855 |
Even from teh start I didnt like the feel of gnome. But then again im just not one for a bloated WM/ DE. Which is probablly why i don't use KDE or Gnome.
-------------------- "And we were differant, just like all the other kids."
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