xfce

[Josh Coffman]

It was very easy to get it from fedora-extras. I'll
play around and see if I want to keep it.

--- Matt Mets <matt.mets at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Josh,
> 
> I have been using XFCE as my desktop/WM for the past
> 1.5 years, and
> have been very satisfied with it.  I did dump the
> included file
> manager (XFFM) in favor of Rox, and had to resort to
> some external
> programs to get features that I was looking for
> (media keys support,
> setting numlock on boot).  I think its an excellent
> window manager
> that is pretty lightweight (it works well on my P3
> 800 laptop as well
> as my beefier desktop), but still looks nice and is
> pretty fast.  I
> run Gentoo so I cant comment on other installation
> methods, but there
> is a very nice graphical installer available from
> xfce.org if your
> distro doesn't provide an up-to-date package.
> 
> -Matt
> 
> On 9/15/05, Dennis Kibbe
> <dennisk at linuxquestions.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > --- Josh Coffman <josh_coffman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > From: Josh Coffman <josh_coffman at yahoo.com>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:30:22 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: xfce
> > 
> > 'tag
> > 
> > Anyone using xfce? what do you think of it?
> > 
> > I've seen some nice screenshots using xfce and
> been
> > thinking about trying it out on FC4.
> > 
> > Is it pretty easy to switch desktops? on FC4?
> > How about installing xfce from fedora-extrans
> repo?
> > 
> > -j
> > 
> > XFCE is a nice lightweight, friendly desktop.  It
> supports KDE and Gnome apps if the libs are
> installed.  Better on a small (12") screen than
> WindowMaker.
> > 
> > It's easy to switch from one desktop to the next
> using the mouse wheel and you can drag 'n' drop apps
> between desktops using the panel.
> > 
> > The reminder calendar on startup is a nice touch.
> > 
> > Give XFCE a try!
> > 
> > Dennisk
> >
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