slackware desktop environments

sharathg786 · 08-04-2006, 10:02 AM

Hi, i'm a newbie using slackware 10.2, my default desktop is KDE, i.e., whenever i 'startx' i get KDE on my screen, where are the other desktops?
is ther GNOME in slack 10.2? how can i load it?

Nylex · 08-04-2006, 10:10 AM

Slack comes with (by comes with, I mean if you've chosen to install them) Fluxbox, Xfce and Blackbox for sure. There might be others, though I can't remember them off the top of my head. GNOME isn't part of Slackware any longer, 10.1 was the last version that included GNOME. If you want GNOME, there are GNOME distributions you can use: Dropline, Freerock and GWARE (I don't know if there are others). You can of course also use GARNOME or attempt to build GNOME by hand, from source.

alienDog · 08-04-2006, 10:14 AM

My humble opinion is that Xfce it the most "Slackware-like". The philosophy of Xfce comes close to that of Slackware (K.I.S.S.). This doesn't by any means represent the absolute truth about the subject, just my personal subjective opinion.

masonm · 08-04-2006, 10:18 AM

from the command line use the command xwmconfig and you'll see what your choices are.

raska · 08-04-2006, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by alienDog

My humble opinion is that Xfce it the most "Slackware-like". The philosophy of Xfce comes close to that of Slackware (K.I.S.S.)...

Absolutely agreed.

vharishankar · 08-04-2006, 10:35 AM

Fluxbox? Of all the WMs I've explored, I like fluxbox best. It's that very definition of bare essentials (apart from TWM of course

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nathanallan · 08-04-2006, 12:22 PM

This answered my question, I wanted to use a basic GUI cause I am using an older machine. xwmconfig. Sweet! Thanks!

Nathan

ciotog · 08-04-2006, 10:47 PM

Personally I find Windowmaker the most slack-like, and the most polished of the basic managers.

simcox1 · 08-05-2006, 05:22 AM

If you want to choose a particular desktop, you can use startfluxbox, startkde, etc. Startx will start the default one as configured by xwmconfig. And you can choose them from kdm if you use kde.

vharishankar · 08-05-2006, 05:52 AM

Install as many as you need. Most of the WMs are a few MB max and lightweight, so you don't lose much disk space.

dennisk · 08-05-2006, 10:19 AM

In the words of Mae West

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Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

dennisk

Woodsman · 08-06-2006, 06:05 PM

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This answered my question, I wanted to use a basic GUI cause I am using an older machine. xwmconfig. Sweet! Thanks!

What is your definition of "older"?

I'm using KDE 3.4.3 and Slackware 10.2 on a 400 MHz K6-III+ and 350 MHz PII, both with 256 MB of RAM. Perhaps the following might help you:

Optimizing KDE for Older Hardware