Recently I ended up trying Gnome 3, and I've stuck with it. I like the no-fuss way it looks (one panel, with not too much on it) and it seems quite intuitive to me.
As mentioned by notthatguy and bmc5311, it is well worth reading the cheat sheet to get up to speed.
I also like the way it is equally well set up for mouse-only or keyboard-only use.
I prefer the keyboard usually: use the "Super/Windows" key to get to the Overview, then just type the first letter of the program you want and hit <Enter>.
"i" for internet (Iceweasel)
"f" for files (Nautilus)
"t" for terminal
"v" for video (VLC)
..and if the program you want is not the first one that comes up when you type the first letter, just choose it by using the down arrow. Then next time you type that letter, it will appear first on the list
And that's before you even start to customise it... suits me fine so far.
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What desktop/window manager do you use?
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Re: What desktop/window manager do you use?
XFCE because it rules!
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Re: What desktop/window manager do you use?
debian wheezy + xfce + compiz with emerald theme manager and cairo-dock
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Re: What desktop/window manager do you use?
in no particular order:
dwm
stumpwm
twm
blackbox
fluxbox
cde
maxx
lxde
e17
xfce4
kde
gnome
which [one?] do I mainly use? It just depends.
dwm
stumpwm
twm
blackbox
fluxbox
cde
maxx
lxde
e17
xfce4
kde
gnome
which [one?] do I mainly use? It just depends.
In memory of Ian Ashley Murdock (1973 - 2015) founder of the Debian project.
Re: What desktop/window manager do you use?
Is that a rhetorical question?Murdock wrote:XFCE, Do I look stupid ?
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Re: What desktop/window manager do you use?
Openbox on my old desktop. Very plain, no icons. Gnome 3 on my laptop. It's new and can handle the resource requirements. I wanted to try it and will keep it for another month or two. Still, of the two, I prefer the Openbox. Eye candy wears off quickly.
Re: What desktop/window manager do you use?
First I switched to KDE4, used it for about a month then switched to XFCE since the start of the year.samwyse wrote:I'm a long time KDE3 user currently running Trinity Desktop. Other ones frustrate me fast.
In XFCE I have something simple and clean that works and doesn't get in my way. There are things that bug me about Thunar and Xfwm, but I can ignore them. I already learned to ignore and figure out workarounds to a bunch of stuff using KDE4.