From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EAcJg-0000WX-D1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:48:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7VNiMbb006307; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:44:22 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.194]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7VNWjgw022110 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:32:46 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id v1so40052nzb for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:35:06 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=dYdROQuTahIqmuq09BKhE7LXFz5onULFqgv0e4EQJdU3arrExHr4o7NJ05k8qMIPRNOPHEzUfBZsURliUQZUxPUAqn4YY+cbjcSGMrzdWx3lPtyABWawkiwvcblhi6Tuy+2lmuyO8/Ofqhfac3eKWTODYYy6hsurrhjg7YeMJpY= Received: by 10.37.18.59 with SMTP id v59mr830967nzi; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:35:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.118.20 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:35:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8aaf1ee00508311635ab9382e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 08:35:06 +0900 From: Steve B To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org, gentoo-user Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ? In-Reply-To: <20050831222821.GB8710@raw-sewage.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1341_29124992.1125531306428" References: <20050831222821.GB8710@raw-sewage.net> X-Archives-Salt: f016cbf6-1258-4a0d-beaa-6466051fc8f2 X-Archives-Hash: bd924e7c6d7a492ed7ab69f60ab8f617 Message-ID: <20050831233506.0kz6r4d2aXOig9Uo1mPCp8Fc8d081bszoFXEVBpik9g@z> ------=_Part_1341_29124992.1125531306428 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 9/1/05, Matt Garman wrote:=20 >=20 >=20 > Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the > assertion that the "best" window manager/desktop environment is > strictly a matter of personal preference. >=20 > So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why?=20 I was in the same position as you a couple of years ago. I tried various= =20 WM's and wasn't sure which one to stick with. I came up with the following.= =20 I used Gnome for a long time, however about six months ago I switched to KD= E=20 permantly. I do miss certian things about gnome (like better integration=20 with D-Bus and automounting hardware), and despite the fact that I primarly= =20 program with wxWidgets and not Qt.. I still have found KDE to be the most= =20 usefull to me. I think the big change for me was when Gentoo started the=20 split KDE ebuild's so I don't have to have a huge monolithic KDE install=20 anymore. Just the basics and some stuff that I acctualy use. KDE is no=20 longer a hardware/cpu hog and doesn't take much more resources than Fluxbox= .=20 However I still use fluxbox if I am going to run a game such as AA. --=20 Steve B. ------=_Part_1341_29124992.1125531306428 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
On 9/1/05, M= att Garman <garman@raw-sewa= ge.net> wrote:

Before this gets into a flam= e war, let's just operate under the
assertion that the "best" = window manager/desktop environment is
strictly a matter of personal preference.

So, having said that, = what window manager do you use, and why? 
 
I was in the same position as you a couple of years ago.  I tried= various WM's and wasn't sure which one to stick with.  I came up with= the following.  I used Gnome for a long time, however about six month= s ago I switched to KDE permantly.  I do miss certian things about gno= me (like better integration with D-Bus and automounting hardware), and desp= ite the fact that I primarly program with wxWidgets and not Qt.. I still ha= ve found KDE to be the most usefull to me.  I think the big change for= me was when Gentoo started the split KDE ebuild's so I don't have to have = a huge monolithic KDE install anymore.  Just the basics and some stuff= that I acctualy use.  KDE is no longer a hardware/cpu hog and doesn't= take much more resources than Fluxbox.  However I still use fluxbox i= f I am going to run a game such as AA.
 
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Steve B.

 
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