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    1 panel or 2?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Thomas, Jul 11, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    XFCE and Gnome both have 2 panels by default.
    Question: Do you prefer this?
     
    Thomas, Jul 11, 2008
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  2. srunni

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    No, I prefer my KDE setup with 3 panels. An autohiding one in the bottom left with the System Menu Menu, an autohiding one in the bottom right with the KMenu, system tray, and clock, and a permanently displayed one in the top right with the taskbar, which overlaps all the windows.

    You don't have to stick to the default setup :p
     
    srunni, Jul 11, 2008
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  3. theZoid

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    What's gnome? lol When I used it, I preferred two panels, slightly modified from 'buntu OTB. Actually, with Xfce, I prefer one combined panel at the bottom which resembles a KDE "kicker"
     
    theZoid, Jul 11, 2008
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  4. Ethyriel

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    It depends on the screen resolution. On my desktop I do prefer two, one on the bottom, and a wide one coming down the side from the top. When my new laptop comes I'll probably just have one with a taskbar, clock, and tray since it's only 1024x768. I'll use a keyboard shortcut to launch programs.
     
    Ethyriel, Jul 11, 2008
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  5. atbnet

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    I do prefer this since Gnome is my preferred GUI environment at the moment.
     
    atbnet, Jul 11, 2008
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  6. pixelot

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    I prefer 2 to 1, I think...
     
    pixelot, Jul 12, 2008
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  7. steve p

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    When I tried openSUSE 11 (Gnome) with the one panel at the bottom (auto hide) I liked it so much that I changed it on my laptop (Ubuntu) to be the same. So one auto hide panel for me at the bottom.
     
    steve p, Jul 12, 2008
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  8. v1k1ng1001

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    I kind of like having two although the last time I used Mint I was fine with how they had set up the single panel in Gnome.
     
    v1k1ng1001, Jul 13, 2008
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