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View Poll Results: Desktop environment of Slackware users
I like the many desktop choices that are available. I can no longer run KDE on my AMD-K62 now, since it has become quite heavy in load. Whenever I build a new computer I will play with KDE again. Ever since then I have been using Fluxbox, its nice and functional for what I need, and because I don't really use any kind of file manager like ROX or anything. Just xterm, but if I do use a file manager, I use midnight commander. Ah memories.
I recently also played with XFCE4 which is available on Slackware12. It is nice and I like it, but even XFCE has become quite heavy on my system. So back to Fluxbox, which isn't a bad thing.
I also have been doing some digging around on other enviornments, and found out about CDE (Common Desktop Environment). Looks pretty neat, but it is proprietary and the OpenGroup doesn't look like they are going to release the code any time soon. Sure there is LessTif/OpenMotif, but CDE looks so much more interesting.
so Jeebizz's choice was flluxbox??
if there weren't any multiple choices, i suppose kde % would have been below 50%
Jeebizz wrote:
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Ever since then I have been using Fluxbox, its nice and functional for what I need, and because I don't really use any kind of file manager like ROX or anything. Just xterm, but if I do use a file manager, I use midnight commander. Ah memories.
There's a larger support base, some pretty funky apps, and probably one of the better ones to look at. I also find it easily configurable to do pretty much whatever I want it to do, find it easy to navigate, and it's pretty snappy on my system.
Although I do confess to not having tried all the environments available. I've tried GNOME, but didn't fancy it much, as was also the case with XFCE. I've also tried a few others a while back (can't remember exactly what they were now though) but wasn't too impressed with those either. Probably because I was too used to something else at that time and didn't feel like a change. Who knows...
While DR17 and the EFL are primarily available from CVS there are a few, unofficial, packages for various distros along with snapshot tarballs. If you wish to use CVS please see the contributing section for more information.
Snapshot releases are available from download.enlightenment.org.
The slackBuild points to one of these snapshots, so it sounds like it is e17 to me. The newest snapshot available is enlightenment-0.16.999.042.
Mostly KDE, though i find myself spending more time in GNOME since i installed Ubuntu... fvwm when i find a nice config on the net or WindowMaker when i am in the mood for a no-nonsense window manager
Compared to the poll from 2006, there are about the same number of kde users, but fewer fluxbox users. I don't know if that is just because gnome is in this poll, whereas it wasn't included in the last one.
Compared to the poll from 2006, there are about the same number of kde users, but fewer fluxbox users. I don't know if that is just because gnome is in this poll, whereas it wasn't included in the last one. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...t=desktop+poll
my main aim was to find the no. of non kde users.
it is a usual practice that everyone stick to the default desk, for example redhat users (till redhat9) always used gnome, they didnt even tried kde.
and slackers always had a different taste, i found a few interest in gnome and i am going to try gsb
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