Desktop Environement vs Window Manager

Just to know: what do you prefer,
-the heavy desktop environements(Gnome,KDE, ...)
-or the cool lighweight Window Managers(icewm, fluxbox, windowmaker, ...)

You've guessed it, I vote for Window managers cuz they offer me exactly what I need not more.

Oh yeah, might I add this:
IceWM RULES!
Blazing Fast, beatiful, useable, COOL!

Ligtweight window managers, of course! I am running windowmaker, though sometimes I use TWM just for the heck of it. In my experience, Gnome seems bloated, even on a P4 at 2.4 Ghz!!

Ian

It think it cinda depends on my mood. But 90% of the time I use kde (3.1).

back using fluxbox again - from openbox. when it comes to desktop enviro's i prefer gnome over kde

One more thing:
I don't use window managers because my system sucks(Athlon XP 2000+, 512mg RAM, Geforce 4 Ti 4200 ...), but really cuz I love it.

kde here, although i am open to altenatives like enlightenment etc... hate gnome...

will be cool whan i can get linux working on my dual monitor setup...

been using command line linux for ages, now i am going for it to be my main os, with windows for games....

liking it so far...

Windows is now unnecesary for games: use WineX...
you can freely download it at freshrpms.net

KDE for me.

Fluxbox!

Depends on my mood. When I'm at work and my laptop isn't doing anything too heavy (basically I'm usually running XMMS and KDevelop...maybe opera on it while at the office) I use KDE 3.1 with lots of eye-candy to wow the co-workers (several have since installed their own distros at home)

But when I'm at home and doing other stuff like playing games (like Baldur's Gate through winex) or checking email or watching DVDs, I'm usually running a lean and mean blackbox install.

So both would be a my answer

Originally posted by lokee Windows is now unnecesary for games: use WineX... you can freely download it at freshrpms.net

never managed to get it to work...

i like wm too, but kde is what i am used to - windows (yeah, brainwashed by M$...) till i can get rid of that mindset, i might abandon desktops and shake hands with wm

Light Window Managers, I'm stick to Fluxbox

Fluxbox, infact I just made a second install to test the new development series of it, 0.9.2 instead of 0.1.14 iirc
I much prefer Qt/KDE to GTK+/GNOME widgets.
I do like to check things like Enlightenment from time to time