Desktop GUI Poll 2008

[Geeth]

I use gnome, wouldn't mind giving something a little lighter a try though I am not to sure how I would go with configuring Icewm, might try xfce or flux.

[Agent-X]

I like the terminal. I mean, it's a TUI, it's pretty awesome.
Other than that, I'd say gnome.

[a12ctic]

XFCE is probably the best compromise of usability, looks, and simplicity. Its amazing. However, I like openbox a lot too. I guess it depends on my mood.

[Dapper Dan]

...I am not to sure how I would go with configuring Icewm, might try xfce or flux.

Hi Geeth. IceWM is really easy to configure. You have files for your menu, taskbar and preferences in .icewm. If you wanted Mplayer to be in your menu, you just do:

prog Mplayer mplayer.png mplayer

After "prog" the first entry is the name of the app as it should appear in the menu, the second is the path to the app's icon (if you wish to use it), and the third is the command. Really that simple...

prog Gimp /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-gimp.png gimp

[Geeth]

Cheers Dan, will give it a shot tonight.

Also theres another post here that I will go through about setting it up, which not surprisingly what written by you

[jayd512]

Hi, Geeth!

Dan is right in that IceWM is really easy to work with. He helped me out tremendously with configuration tips. Check out this thread that I had going for some great info!

[Geeth]

Hi, Geeth!

Dan is right in that IceWM is really easy to work with. He helped me out tremendously with configuration tips. Check out this thread that I had going for some great info!

Thanks for the link. Thats the post that I was refering to. Saved me searching it.


And cant leave Dan with out one

[geniuz]

XFCE for me too, gnome is to slow for me, kde is to slow for me...

XFCE is really easy to configure and lightning fast, no point for me to try anything slightly faster like IceWM, my desktop pc isn't really retarded...

[Jason Coplen]

XFCE is really easy to configure and lightning fast, no point for me to try anything slightly faster like IceWM, my desktop pc isn't really retarded...

I think a lot of computers out there aren't retarded. It's pretty amusing when people complain about how slow their computers are when you can buy 2 gigs of RAM for under a $100. Computers aren't expensive. If you drop $500 every 5 years there's not much point to super light weight desktops and window managers. Someone can always make the case for 10 year old machines needing lightweight, but it gets silly with how little computers cost these days.

[Dapper Dan]

If you drop $500 every 5 years there's not much point to super light weight desktops and window managers. Someone can always make the case for 10 year old machines needing lightweight, but it gets silly with how little computers cost these days.

Hi Jason. I disagree. This Dell E520 I'm running is almost brand new and is plenty fast. Gnome and KDE run perfectly well on this box. Still, I use IceWM. Many of us run light window managers as a matter of choice rather than necessity. The speediness of IceWM over Gnome or KDE is an added bonus.