Subj : How do you use unix?
To : phigan
From : Accession
Date : Sat Feb 22 2025 07:57 am
Hey phigan!
On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 05:29:04 -0700, you wrote:
> Were we on a topic of window managers? I've always liked super
> lightweight ones like fvwm2, windowmaker, blackbox/fluxbox, etc... but
> lately after they got rid of that horrible piece of garbage KDE and
> replaced it with that new Plasma desktop or whatever it's called, it's
> pretty nice! Would totally recommend Kubuntu to anyone that wants to
> play with Linux.
I've always been a fan of fluxbox, but pretty much got tired of spending hours making it look nice. Otherwise most other tiling WMs have always left something lacking for me. Maybe I'm just too needy. ;)
I agree on Plasma desktop. It's probably the smoothest desktop out there right now, but it probably doesn't bode too well on older hardware, as it's about as bloated as Windows.
> XFCE is NOT lightweight. It's barely lighter than Gnome 3.
It definitely used to be, but they've added so much to it, and once you install most of the same things gnome relies on in order for things to work properly, that it can't really be considered 'lightweight' any more.
Regards,
Nick
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