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View Poll Results: Which Desktop Are You Using with Slackware 13?
Blackbox 2 0.58%
Fluxbox 56 16.33%
FVWM 14 4.08%
KDE 173 50.44%
WMaker 6 1.75%
Xfce 86 25.07%
Gnome 6 1.75%
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Old 09-04-2009, 01:05 PM   #1
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What Desktop Are You Using with Slackware 13?


Well, Slackware 13 has been out for a week now, so what desktop are you using and have you switch from an old favorite to something new?

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Old 09-04-2009, 01:09 PM   #2
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Right now, Xfce, because I don't get on with KDE 4. I think I'll give KDE 4 another go at some point, though.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 01:17 PM   #3
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I checked xfce, but I've been switching back and forth a lot.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 01:18 PM   #4
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I'm not 100% happy with KDE4, but I'm getting used to it (80% and slooooowly rising). Also having the occasional session with XFCE and Fluxbox.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 01:22 PM   #5
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I have installed Slackware 13.0 on my notebook, but have yet to actually play with it, (I know shame on me), but just haven't had much time, because of school, or wifey hijacking my notebook for her own evil ends. QQ & skype.


When I do get a chance, I will have a look at KDE to see what all the fuss is about, but chances are I will probably be sticking with Fluxbox, so I will vote for that.


I will also probably experiment with GNOME (probably from slacky.eu). I don't think I will try GSB or Freerock though, and Dropline as far as I'm concerned fell out of favor with me a while back.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 01:24 PM   #6
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Mainly KDE, but XFCE is now the choice when my notebook is on batteries.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 01:35 PM   #7
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I never liked KDE, since 5 years now. I'm contemplating trying out the Gnome Slackbuild, and if that fails, I'm switching to LXDE or TWM.

Until then, XFCE it is

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Old 09-04-2009, 01:39 PM   #8
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I marked Fluxbox, but indeed I go back and forth between that and XFCE.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 02:21 PM   #9
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KDE does it for me.

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Old 09-04-2009, 02:24 PM   #10
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Right now, Xfce, because I don't get on with KDE 4. I think I'll give KDE 4 another go at some point, though.
What Nicky said, exactly.

Though, I'd like to get more familiar with Fluxbox too. I REALLY just need to spend some time with it.

I selected XFCE.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 02:27 PM   #11
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I've been using KDE ever since 8x something or other. I use XFCE on occassion, but I think I'm gonna give fluxbox a try.

I've never liked Gnome that much, but I do like the aisle-rot solitaire game. I may just get gnome for that.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 02:41 PM   #12
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KDE4 because it suits my needs - almost
 
Old 09-04-2009, 02:56 PM   #13
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At this very moment -- GSB-current, as a test. There's some small things I don't got use to (yet) with KDE, but I'm trying to sort them out one by one. I'm not really a big fan of using other than Slackware's choices of DE's but right now Gnome feels both more familiar and more responsive, and compiz-fusion runs better too.
 
Old 09-04-2009, 03:01 PM   #14
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XMonad.

Could you edit the poll and add an "Other" option?
 
Old 09-04-2009, 03:14 PM   #15
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Ion3 and ditto there should be an 'other' option.

Right now I use Ion3 and fluxbox on laptop, and Ion3, fluxbox and kde4 on desktop. I would use kde more but it seems make opengl games a bit jerky, even with effects turned off. Ion3 is great with 4 tiles ona big monitor. Great for editing code and testing.
 
  


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