Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:02:41 +0100 From: "Christian Walther" <cptsalek@gmail.com> To: "Predrag Punosevac" <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> Cc: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: (off topic?) Best desktop Message-ID: <14989d6e0711230502q712e0282tadeea4062640624c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4746B553.1000600@math.arizona.edu> References: <4746A090.9080400@gmail.com> <4746B553.1000600@math.arizona.edu>
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On 23/11/2007, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> wrote: > Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: [...] > I like to make my own "desktop". > Sounds familiar. :-) > > Predrag's Recipe for Desktop Happiness: > > Take OpenBox3, Xfce4-panel, Rox-filer & feh +applications you like like. > Edit .xsession as follows > I prefer ion3 as tiling window manager, no panel, and ROX filer. I use keyboard shortcuts for the applications I really need frequently, and I use ion3s internal launcher for the rest. [...] Generally, there is no such thing as the best desktop. The question is: what desktop/window manger makes you happy? I used Gnome for quite some time, while I never liked KDE that much. Nowaday, after I decided to drop any Desktop for my own configuration, I found KDE applications to be more stable and advanced compared to most GTK2-Apps. As a matter of fact I don't like the desktop paradigma. People should care about getting there tasks done, without having to choose one Desktop Environment because it contains applications that are suitable. So either you just install one Desktop Environment and you stick to it, or you'll end up having all libraries and dependencies installed anyway. What was that audio player called that is currently developed for Gnome the one that aims to be like Amarok? Okay, this is OT for this thread, and I start to rant anyway. Hey, I could continue with crazy library dependencies. But I will stop here. ;-) So take your time, look around. You sometimes find a LiveCD with a Desktop Environment, so you might be able to try them without polluting your system (and dealing with removing all dependencies you don't need anymore). Saves you some build time, too. Regards Christian
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