The Linux Desktop (was Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu Dapper Drake OfficiallyDelayed)

Tim Thorpe tim.thorpe at gmail.com
Fri Mar 24 00:08:07 UTC 2006


I've been using Linux on and off for a few years, I get in to it for a
while, then drop out, don't touch it and have to start over again ;). I'm a
windows boy, you give me a windows box, I can get it running smooth as silk.
I work in full screen most of the time due to the fact that my #1 program is
my web browser, and not having it full screen can warp web pages out of
whack, I like to look at the web the "way it was meant to be seen."

As I get more in depth with Linux I will probably adapt my usage to a style
that best fits the OS and WM's One thing that I am doing is getting myself
acquainted with the Gnome Desktop Environment (Lets call it GDE shall we?)
so that I can support the less tech savvy employee's that I'm setting up
these systems for.

On 3/22/06, sofar <sofar at foo-projects.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:16:24 -0800, "Jason R. Martin" <nsxfreddy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On 3/21/06, AthlonRob <AthlonRob at axpr.net> wrote:
> >> Tim Thorpe wrote:
> >> However, after I started using it full time and to actually get work
> >> done, I found I needed a lot of windows open for various tasks and
> >> simply couldn't see a reason to maximize a window and hide everything
> >> else behind the blank araes of the windows.
> >
> > How is that different for someone who uses Linux to "actually get work
> > done" versus someone who uses Windows to "actually get work done"?  If
> > your work demands lots of open windows, then you probably won't
> > maximize, irrespective of which OS you're using.
>
> I actually use Xfce (Not because I'm working on it as a project and have
> met the large part of the developers) but because it balances the ability to
> work fullscreen (or maximized - those are two different things) and in
> windowed mode. On top of that it offers all the features you (I) basically
> need and remove the fluff, is fast and generally rather pretty. Keybindings,
> etc... it's all there!
>
> If you want to start desktop warfare then obviously you can for any
> desktop. Working with the team I can say however that Xfce is taking things
> very seriously such as portability (freebsd, opensolaris, cygwin!) very
> seriously and keeping things minimal when this is applicable. This appeals
> and proves to be a good foundation of what is rapidly becoming a more
> popular desktop. The project manages to produce a high amount of
> translations and enough buzz that it's out of the "written by one hacker"
> age for a long time now - and future plans prove promising.
>
> I do some distro management as well and often recompile packages - Xfce
> takes me maybe 2 hours to install from an empty box - including X. KDE and
> GNOME take me a whole day - and that's just not worth it. Things like
> openbox and ion, etc remind me of twm - sure they are "the only wm" but I'm
> just not that l33t enough!
>
> and it works for me =^)
>
> Auke
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