RE: [MLUG] Which window manager: was Torvalds: "Use KDE"

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Darn! Goodwins law again! :-)

Shannon Spurling
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[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vern Green
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [MLUG] Which window manager: was Torvalds: "Use KDE"

I found Linus remarks about Interface Nazis interesting.

The one thing that I still is keeping Linux from stepping into the
mainsteam desktop market is because of it being hard to use.
Applications are typically developed by geeks and while they write
good code that is secure, usability usually ranks at the bottom of the
importance list.

I am so sick of applications where the basic functions like tabbing
between text entries, standard keyboard shortcuts and menu layout and
functionality is obscure mystery meat. You know mystery meat
navigation right? Navigation that is not clear enough, you just choose
it and hope it is good.

For Linux to really step up, interface developers are going to have to
balance power with usability. KDE is pretty close, I like KDE over
GNOME personally because I think it is just a little more intuitive,
of course I am mainly a Windows user so that would likely make sense.

Just my opinion of course.

On 12/13/05, ryan woodsmall <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Openbox: http://icculus.org/openbox/  The Gnome WM (I think it's
> metacity) is good too.
>
> Fast and lightweight.  When all else fails, I normally go with twm or
> mwm.  They're both old but they do the job.
>
>   ryan woodsmall
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>
> On Dec 13, 2005, at 1:07 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> > Mike Miller wrote:
> >> Interesting:
> >> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/13/1340215
> >> So what do you all think?
> >> Mike
> >
> > I have been using fvwm95 as my X11 window manager for years.  But I
> > have this sense that I am missing out on something.  I have tried
> > KDE a few times - probably I didn't give it enough time, but mostly
> > it just felt too "heavyweight."
> >
> > What window managers do you guys recommend?
> >
> > I think that GNOME is simply the framework for a window manager -
> > not the wm itself.  Am I correct, and if so, which wm's go best
> > with GNOME?
> >
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