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Flame war? I hope not.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:58 pm
by Icarus
So, which window manager do you use/prefer?

Personally, I used to like KDE over Gnome, but I just installed KDE4, and hate the menu.
Currently, I'm toying with other light ones, since Ubuntu doesn't support PWM any longer.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:07 pm
by blkmage
The two that I've spent any substantial time in have been Gnome and Fluxbox/Blackbox. Blackbox is great for looking snazzy and being really, really lightweight and minimal. On the Gnome side of things, I have heard good things about KDE with respect to the features and development, but back when KDE was about 3.0, which was when I had to decide between the two, I really didn't like how KDE looked at the time. Now that KDE4 is out, I may have to reevaluate my decision once I ever get to using a Linux box again.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:27 pm
by Icarus
As I said, I liked KDE 3.x for the level of configuration possible, and the window decorations it provided. KDE 4 doesn't seem to have the same level of tweaks (at least superficially), and the expanding root menu is gone in favor of a large box that contains only the current level. I'd be okay with that, if only it wasn't so freakin' large.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:38 pm
by JesusFreak84
I use GNOME because I personally like the way things are organized, but that's just me.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:16 am
by Midori
Hm... I don't like much of anything, but I guess I'm weird that way. I'm using Gnome, but have Compiz as wm, and I got rid of all my panels, and replaced them with Stalonetray and Conky. I also have no icons on my desktop.

(Oddly enough, one of the primary reasons I use Compiz is because it's the only WM I've found whose workspace arrangement doesn't depend on a panel applet!)

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:26 pm
by Kaligraphic
Window manager? REAL Linux users stick to the CLI.

(j/k) ;)

PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:01 pm
by Mithrandir
You know, Kali, that's not too far off from how I feel. lol. Nearly all of what I do in Linux I do from the command line. I find the mouse to mostly get in the way.

I'll be the first to admit, however, that I use linux as a server OS, not as a workstation.