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From: mike.jeays@statcan.ca
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Subject:  GNOME and Window Managers
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:03:05 -0500
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> What is the recommended combination of Gnome and a Window Manager to
> get reliable results on FreeBSD 4.1?
>=20
> I have tried IceWM, which I like very much (clean, consistent and
> esthetically
> very pleasing).  Gnome starts the first time with two panels showing, =
one
> at the top with a menu for Favorites and Settings, and a small pager =
that
> only shows one page.  There is another panel at the bottom that will =
slide
>=20
> away like the KDE panel.  This panel shows minimized apps, much like
> the Task Bar in WinNT.
>=20
> The Gnome Control app shows the box for customizing the Window
> Manager settings as grayed out.  I also get a dialog box that says
> I am not using a Gnome-compliant Window Manager, but I thought
> that both IceWM and Enlightenment were compliant.
>=20
> When I bring it up a second time, the minimized apps on the "task =
bar"
> have
> disappeared.  I can get them back by blowing away .gnome, but this is
> hardly convenient.
>=20
> I tried Enlightenment, but, with the one or two themes I tried, I =
hated
> it.
> It is much too over-decorated for my taste, and I got similar
> inconsistencies
> on subsequent invocations.
>=20
> Any advice, or pointers on where to look, please/
>=20
> Mike Jeays
> Assistant Director / Directeur adjoint
> System Development Division / Division du d=E9veloppement de =
syst=E8mes
> Voice/voix 951-9929
> Fax 951-0607
> Email/Courriel : Mike.Jeays@statcan.ca
>=20


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