neocytrix Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Hello everyone, Does anyone know any good desktop environments besides KDE or GNOME? -Neocytrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Fluxbox! Takes a bit of getting used to if you're familiar with the standard type of interface, but it is well worth the effort. I have tried others since switching - but always end up going back to fluxbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 the question is for a de, not wm. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewski Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Well bvc, not sure if it's a DE or a WM, but I really like XFCE4. Light, fast, and powerful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghil Vertefeuille Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 XFCE4is a DE ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 so that makes icewm and enlightenment de's? Light de's? :P Then flux isn't far behind really is it? No, these do not control, and set, every aspect of an 'environment'.....fonts, icons, mime types/app associations among other things. Nope, they're wm's. Great wm's, but not Desktop ENVironments. Take the command printenv How much can these wm's control what you see with that command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewski Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 I think XFCE controls most of that, but much of it only by riding on Gnome's coattails. Your mention of printenv begs the question: how does one configure those outside of KDE/Gnome? Let's say, for example, XFCE... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghil Vertefeuille Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 on most site I saw XFCE was a DE....pardon me if I saw wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 I think XFCE controls most of that, but much of it only by riding on Gnome's coattails. Your mention of printenv begs the question: how does one configure those outside of KDE/Gnome? Let's say, for example, XFCE... ;) export For anyone to be rt you'd have to find an established definition of Desktop Environment (as if there is such a thing). http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-...G=Google+Search Reading this helped me remember that it does have it's own filemanager. I knew about the panel apps, and mouse/keyboard config but forgot about the useless filemanager. So, I appologize! I'd agree it is far enough along to be considered a DE! Andrewski has a good point though about it riding on gnome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewski Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Actually, my point was that it was more of a parasitic WM feeding off of the healthy (some would say fat) Gnome. :) Sounds like the premise of some freaky fantasy/sci-fi book! All that's to say that yes, these definitions are shaky, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 so wait...just because a XFCE4 uses GTK2 just like GNOME it's riding on it's curtails? everything i saw indicated that, other than using GTK2 (a free, open toolkit that anyone can use) xfce4 doesn't rely on GNOME libraries... i could, of course, start up xfce4 and check and see what's running.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Whether it's a DE or a WM that's required - I maintain that Fluxbox is a great alternative to KDE or Gnome and is worth looking at :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 I guess the question would be better stated as: "Does anyone know any good desktop environments and/or window managers besides KDE or GNOME?" To which fluxbox is a reasonable answer, but then so is twm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewski Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 tyme, You have a point. GTK2 is the only thing XFCE must use, but many of the settings covered by bvc's printenv aren't configured by XFCE. As it's what I use, I've found that XFCE people (speaking of the regulars on the mailing list) seem to recommend using Gnome programs and configurations where XFCE leaves off. [thinks he should ask them what they think...] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 exactly Andrewski. k, everyone....there's no such thing as a wm anymore! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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