[olug] WM recommendation for switchers

[Chad Homan]

Charles

Think you're talking about the latest "released" 2.6.31 kernel.  Yeah, I
heard lot's of desktop improvements.
Like you, I don't know all the details, however for those who are bored
enough: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_31

Chad, CISSP

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Daniel J Griffiths <ghost1227 at archlinux.us
> wrote:

> Chad Homan wrote:
> > LXDE is the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment.  It's suppose to be
> gnome
> > friendly in that
> > all/most apps can run without downloading the gnome underbelly.  But much
> > lighter than XFCE.Chad, CISSP
> >
> > Do a google for lubuntu to find out more as lubuntu joins the WM set this
> > october
> >
> > Stephen Leacock<
> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/stephen_leacock.html>
> > - "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some
> > day
> > die, which is not so."
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Tim & Alethea Larson
> > <thelarsons3 at cox.net>wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Chad Homan wrote:
> >>
> >>> And in a month,
> >>> we'll see another candidate LXDE.
> >>>
> >> Don't know much about LXDE, but I'd like to.  Anyone?
> >>
> >> Tim
> >> --
> >> Tim & Alethea
> >> christtrek.org
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> Their website is at http://lxde.org/
>
> LXDE is built on Openbox, although from what I've read it will work
> alongside other window managers as well. Its default interface is
> relatively clean, not quite as extensible as GNOME or KDE, but certainly
> functional. Natively it uses PCManFM as its filemanager, LXAppearance
> for theme settings (Openbox users may know this one), XArchiver for GUI
> compression, GPicView for... well, pic viewing, and has it's own network
> manager called LXNM that's currently in development. The biggest current
> downside to LXDE is that there's no way to edit the menu (for those of
> you who use one). If a program is installed and has a .desktop file,
> it'll show up in the menu. You can't even reorganize it. Still, all in
> all it's a good project that's worth taking a look at if you need a
> pretty GUI with minimal overhead. I still recommend Openbox (although
> not to new users I suppose). And for anyone who says Openbox can't look
> good, take a look at my workshop (workshop.ghost1227.com). You might be
> surprised :P
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