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Date:      Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:49:32 -0700
From:      chip <chip@wiegand.org>
To:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XFCE Window Manager
Message-ID:  <00060120513800.01682@chip.wiegand.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000602064157.A9760@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
References:  <00060117263800.82982@chip.wiegand.org> <20000602064157.A9760@physics.iisc.ernet.in>

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On Thu, 01 Jun 2000, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> chip said on Jun  1, 2000 at 17:22:24:
> > I just recently changed from using KDE to using XFCE and find it
> > quite nice, certainly much faster than the graphics heavy KDE. And it
> > will run the few KDE apps that I use without a problem. I am wondering
> > about others impressions and experience with XFCE? I have also used
> > Afterstep but think I might just stick with XFCE. Themes and other
> > fancy eye-candy don't mean much to me, just a clean interface where I
> > can get some work done, and TWM is a bit too sparton. 
> 
> I like XFCE too.  But KDE apps will run on any window manager, even
> TWM, if you have the KDE and QT libs installed.
> 
> R.
I wasn't aware of that. All the same though, I like the looks of XFCE
much better. It looks like the CDE on the Solaris boxes that are used
in the sonar equipment that my company makes. It's a neat, clean look.
Not  real busy and cluttered.

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Chip Wiegand
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