What desktop (included in the standard Slackware install) do you use?
And why?
Speed? Ease of use? Stability? Reminds you of Windows? |
I use KDE. Back when I first installed slack my (college) roommate told me to pick between KDE and Gnome (Gnome was included). I picked KDE. To be honest I haven't given the others a fair shot (I've used each of them about once for about 10 minutes). My computer has enough juice to run it well, so there are no speed considerations, really. I use a lot of KDE programs, so I figure I might as well just use KDE. About the only non-KDE apps I use are internet apps and games. I might give Xfce another try, though.
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Flux because I have full control over it. I used kde a few times but don't like the way that sometimes an app will depend on several other programs to be running.
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KDE rulez!
I voted KDE and XFCE. I use KDE at home (the gaming PC ;)), at work (the damn Intel machine) and on my slacktop (my chaparrita). But as I like to compile the new KDE versions as soon as they come out, that takes around 1 or 2 days, in that meanwhile I use XFCE :rolleyes:
I just plain love KDE, I'm sooo damn used to it that I can't and I don't want to spend the time using another window manager. I have a bunch of configurations, personalizations, optimizations, modifications and other whatever-ations that it doesn't even resemble the original KDE nor windoze ;) |
KDE on my desktop, Fluxbox on 3 other boxes.
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KDE these days. When I first got into linux, Gnome appealed to me asthetically and Fedora Core 1 had some major KDE issues. However, the more I used Gnome, the more I discovered how much I don't care for it functionally. KDE on slack is very responsive and I find myself using Amarok and Konquerer quite a lot. I've also slowly begun to really get into Kmail as a mail client. Finally, I think that Konsole is one of the finest terminal emulators out there. It is very responsive and has tons of features. My :twocents:
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KDE, I gave Gnome a shot at the same time as Gentoo, but I couldn't get to like either. <3 Slack+KDE. :)
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I use fluxbox, blackbox, xfce on my Slackware desktop machine. Is blackbox included in Slackware 10.2? I think I downloaded a newer version. But I seem to use fluxbox the most because it's easy to set up as a clean desktop with nothing but wallpaper.
I also use icewm on my OpenBSD desktop machine and I'd like to try windowmaker, fvwm, and ION but I don't have time. > Speed? Definitely, I can't stand KDE because of the bloat and gnome is just ugly. Flux is the best compromise I've found. > Ease of use? Fluxbox is a snap to set up. > Stability? Never had problems with any of them. Xfce can be a little flaky but it's also very nice. I like the way it does tabbing because you can't cover the tabs accidentally. Very nice feature. But updating the menus is a drag. > Reminds you of Windows? Definitely not. Anything that does, is right out. :p |
Fluxbox!
One word: simplicity... :) |
I would put my vote in for KDE, although I have tried others such as GNOME, Fluxbox, XFCE, FVWM95(dropped from 10.2 apparantly), and I tried JWM but couldn't get it to work. The reason why I still use KDE, is it actually seems to run just fine on my 450Mhz pc, even though I don't use any animations or anything. I also really like the Konsole, and it just seems more functional than the gnome-terminal. I like seeing username@host and the directory name, instead of bash-3.0$ in gnome-terminal and xterm, and also the fortunes, which doesn't come up in other terminals.
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Speed?
Windowmaker or icewm Ease of use? Windowmaker Stability? Windowmaker or Icewm Reminds you of Windows? I have never owned a copy of windows in my entire life. However, I personally use gnome, even though it is not included with slackware, simply because it's exactly what I want to use. Windowmaker and Icewm are also in 2nd and 3rd, but ultimately gnome does what they can do and more, better, and quicker. Quote:
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XFCE is my main desktop because it's full-featured but not bloated.But I use all the others as and when the mood strikes me :)
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KDE on my desktop and laptop, because they have the power (CPU and GPU wise) to handle all the eye candy I like to see on my 21 inch screen.
Xfce on every other machine (this includes several remote servers I manage through VNC, and the virtual machines I run inside QEMU and where KDE would be a waste of precious CPU cycles :-) because it is still lean and mean, and good-looking . But still I liked the look&feel of Gnome best, in the early days before it was destroyed by developers pampering their intended user base. Cheers, Eric |
Fluxbox.
Simple, fast, easily configurable... Everything I want is under my right mouse button... |
I use KDE on my primary desktop since, in my opinion, it's the most complete desktop manager. I also think KDE is a pretty decent replacement for Windows as it provides a lot of the features (and more!) that I was so accustomed to in Windows.
However, I use fluxbox for my custom Slackware I am putting together for myself (and I guess anyone else that wants to use it). Fluxbox was real easy to customize and strip out all the extra unneeded stuff. It's also real light way and doesn't have a lot of bulk. This was important to me since I am working with a 256Mb size limit, and the gui will only be used for one specific porous. Essentially, all my fluxbox will do is handle window creation and borders/toolbars. This took about 10 min to learn and implement as apposed to other light weight desktops I tried. regards, ...drkstr |
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