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    Which desktop environment do you prefer?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by visiom88, Dec 9, 2008.

  1. IMNOTDRPHIL

    IMNOTDRPHIL Notebook Enthusiast

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    Most people I know that do not like Nautilus but use GNOME use KDE Konqueror as their file manager.
     
    IMNOTDRPHIL, Jan 10, 2009
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    hmm.. I've read that too. What's wrong with Nautilus?
     
    zephyrus17, Jan 10, 2009
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    Up to version 2.24, it lacked tabbed browsing. The 2.24 version has a relatively crude implementation of tabbed browsing. Nautilus also lacks some of the gee-whiz functions of Konqueror like being able to split the panels any which way and also functioning as a VNC, zeroconf, etc. browser as well as a Web browser.
     
    IMNOTDRPHIL, Jan 10, 2009
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  4. zephyrus17

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    Wow. Installing konqueror will drag tons of stuff with it. Are there any good light-weight ones?
     
    zephyrus17, Jan 10, 2009
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    In increasing order of hardcore awesomeness: Thunar, pcmanfm, Rox, mc
     
    archer7, Jan 11, 2009
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  6. Thomas

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    You forgot the best and most hardcore:
    ls, cp, mv, cd, and rm
    ;)
     
    Thomas, Jan 11, 2009
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  7. zephyrus17

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    hahaha! Hardcore indeed.. Especially rm -rf *
    Ouch!

    (WARNING: Don't do rm -rf *)
     
    zephyrus17, Jan 11, 2009
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  8. Bungalo Bill

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    rm has indeed gotten me in trouble before....
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 11, 2009
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    heh.. Lesson learnt?
     
    zephyrus17, Jan 11, 2009
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    I've been using compiz by itself, and it's been great. All the eyecandy without the gnome/KDE bloat.
     
    archer7, Jan 11, 2009
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    Hmm.. I've never tried that. Only Openbox standalone, never thought about Compiz by itself, since it always seems to go with gnome. I'm using Compiz+Gnome now, and compiz is great, but the only thing I miss is the right-click menu from Openbox. If only I could have that in Compiz.

    I'll try that compiz standalone sometime.
     
    zephyrus17, Jan 13, 2009
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  12. Bungalo Bill

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    I started a thread about that actually. I wanted compiz standalone with a fluxbox style menu. Archer suggested compiz-deskmenu. HE couldn't set it to rght click. I have yet to try it. Maybe I'll look in the source code of fluxbox and the deskmenu plugin and see if I can make something happen.
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 14, 2009
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    After running Gnome on Fedora and Ubuntu(debian also) since day one I had a hard time finding stuff with KDE on openSuse 11. I like opensuse but I will stick to gnome.
     
    coffey7, Jan 15, 2009
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  14. zephyrus17

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    Yeah.. It's more of a personal preference thing. I've always been planning to force myself to use KDE for at least 1 year to get a hang of it, then I could do some proper comparison, but been too busy tweaking my gnome still.. :D
     
    zephyrus17, Jan 16, 2009
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