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FreeDOS
Posts: 1095/1657 |
Program Manager (yuck)
There's a dock thing that's in Mac OS X and CDE (various Unices, like Solaris) and XFCE. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 3199/8210 |
Every OS I've seen except the various Mac ones use a taskbar... What other sorts of systems are popular? It could be neat to use something different. |
FreeDOS
Posts: 1092/1657 |
I like Slackware, but it's not for people that know nothing, like Red Hat or Fedora. I use FVWM, it's very lightweight and has enough things to look and act like anything you want it to be. Want a Windows 95 look? No problem. WinXP (Luna)? No problem. Mac OS X? No problem. KDE look? No problem.
anyway... yes. |
Ailure
Posts: 7796/11162 |
Can anyone name me a Windows manager that don't waste 49749848 resources as soon I use it?
...hell, I just want a simple distro to screw around with. Fedora core is like Win XP in the bloat department. I want a light distro. With light stuff... |
Tarale
Posts: 1313/2720 |
Originally posted by FreeDOS Mind you, skinning is NOT the same as changing window managers. Windows users can't come in here saying "I use WindowBlinds (or the UXTheme patch)". That's just changing how it looks, not how it manages windows.
I know that. I just wanted to mention skinning anyways, cause it's teh fun.
I can't change the way my OS X windows work, but I can make it as shiny or as matt or as purple or whatever as I like. Different, but still fun. |
FreeDOS
Posts: 1091/1657 |
Mind you, skinning is NOT the same as changing window managers. Windows users can't come in here saying "I use WindowBlinds (or the UXTheme patch)". That's just changing how it looks, not how it manages windows. |
Tarale
Posts: 1311/2720 |
Originally posted by Jesper Where's the "My OS does let me do it inofficially, but I prefer the native Window Manager anyway" option? (OS X )
I like the native Window Manager in OS X too.
But I do enjoy skinning it on occasion |
FreeDOS
Posts: 1088/1657 |
Add'd. Edit Poll is great, isn't it? |
Jesper
Posts: 1938/2390 |
Where's the "My OS does let me do it inofficially, but I prefer the native Window Manager anyway" option? (OS X ) |
Vystrix Nexoth
Posts: 264/348 |
I go with KDE, though I've used GNOME and Fluxbox. I don't really care much for GNOME, though I can't quite put my finger on why. It just doesn't feel as cohesive as KDE does.
As for Fluxbox, I used that as my primary desktop environment for a while... it is by far the quickest of the three, and like being able to group windows, though I don't like its reliance on dockapps to confer more information than what windows are open (like, what time it is) or on always having desktop space visible in order to summon the program menu.
Still, I'll take GNOME and Fluxbox over Windows any day of the week and twice on Thursdays. Though if given a choice I'll stick with KDE. |
Banedon
Posts: 895/1408 |
I use Gnome, because that's what came with my Linux distrobution. |
neotransotaku
Posts: 2102/4016 |
yeah, that's what I meant, CDE... 3.1 feel eh...that's true. Although, when you iconify, I can't seem to find it again... |
FreeDOS
Posts: 1082/1657 |
I think you mean Common Desktop Environment (CDE)... I don't like it because it acts like Windows 3.1 except for the focusing style. |
neotransotaku
Posts: 2081/4016 |
When I use Solaris at school, I use Gnome. Open windows is blah and Common Desktop Manager doesn't have much functionality besides multiple workspaces. |
Cellar Dweller
Posts: 204/269 |
I use the version of IceWM that is distributed with Debian stable. It's small and fast, so it works well in my main computer: a 233 MHz PII. |
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