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View Poll Results: Which X Window System You Like More
Gnome 26 27.96%
KDE 27 29.03%
XFCE 11 11.83%
CDE 0 0%
Fluxbox 8 8.60%
*Box 2 2.15%
IceWM 10 10.75%
Window Maker 3 3.23%
FVWM 4 4.30%
Enlightenment 1 1.08%
Others... 1 1.08%
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Old 09-15-2009, 03:44 PM   #16
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I use IceWM. But your poll is a little off. X window system would be Xorg or XFree86. All those others are classified under window managers and/or desktop environments.
"A little" is an euphemism. The X server has nothing to do with the window manager or desktop environment, which is what this thread is about.

The title is completely misleading.

X servers are Xorg, XFree, Y-Window, Kdrive, etc. Relation to this thread: zero. I suggest a title change.
Thanks to you two for recognizing that those desktop environments are NOT the X Window System.

I'm not voting, but I prefer KDE 3.x to anything else I've used in Linux.
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Old 09-15-2009, 04:24 PM   #17
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I like Xorg for my X Window system, but I voted for *box because I use Openbox for my window manager.
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Old 09-15-2009, 05:33 PM   #18
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heavy Fluxbox but voted XFCE. That's the only desktop environment I'd ever consider. FB FTW!
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Old 09-15-2009, 11:38 PM   #19
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I like KDE but not KDE 4 yet. Perhaps I'll update my 8.04 system to the next LTS release which should be 10.4 if memory serves.
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Old 09-16-2009, 06:54 AM   #20
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KDE for applications, AwesomeWM as windows manager.
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Old 09-16-2009, 09:35 AM   #21
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Which X Window System? Why X11 of course! Gnome, KDE, etc. are desktops!
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Old 09-16-2009, 09:06 PM   #22
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Exclamation X System?

This question is quite bad formed! X System? Is that xorg?
Aren't Gnome, KDE Desktop Envs? What about this window managers?
We're mixing things like windows users..
Anyway: XFCE + Xmonad
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Old 09-16-2009, 09:43 PM   #23
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I voted for Gnome because it is the one I am most familiar with and can actually use.

Xfce seems to be related to it, in that it comes with a few programs associated with Gnome, and I like it just as much, too. It's enlarging, though.

KDE just baffles me. Out to lunch over it. I try, but it wins. The collection of programs it comes with, such as Konqueror, are just weak. Krita has real potential, though, and it should be distributed more widely, while The GIMP can't pull itself out of the '90s and should be wiped off hard drives.

LXDE interests me for a specific netbook OS replacement, but I haven't used it much yet.

Fluxbox is too stark. No thanks.
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Old 09-19-2009, 11:44 PM   #24
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fluxbox is nice on an old machine, but having to edit files to change stuff is a pain... using xubuntu now, which is perfect.
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Old 09-20-2009, 03:37 AM   #25
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Fluxbox!

Failing that, GNOME

But I voted for fluxbox

*is suprised to see KDE in the lead*
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Old 09-28-2009, 02:25 PM   #26
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I like KDE 3.5 but I don't like KDE 4 that's why I use gnome now
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Old 09-28-2009, 02:30 PM   #27
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This question is quite bad formed! X System? Is that xorg?
Aren't Gnome, KDE Desktop Envs? What about this window managers?
We're mixing things like windows users..
Anyway: XFCE + Xmonad
You are absolutely right, people should think about this and use correct terms.
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Old 09-28-2009, 04:19 PM   #28
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I like KDE 3.5 but I don't like KDE 4 that's why I use gnome now
That's weird, you should be using kde 3.5 then.
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