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What desktop/window manager do you use?

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What desktop environment/window manager do you use?

GNOME 2
86
28%
GNOME 3
20
6%
KDE
41
13%
Unity
0
No votes
XFCE
85
27%
LXDE
7
2%
Enlightenment
3
1%
Openbox
27
9%
Another window manager/desktop not listed
41
13%
 
Total votes: 310

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dust hill resident
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What desktop/window manager do you use?

#1 Post by dust hill resident »

There have been changes in desktop linux recently, with GNOME 3 and Unity being released. So I thought it would be a good time to have a poll like this.

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#2 Post by 4D696B65 »

Gnome 2 until gnome 3 filters into sid.

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#3 Post by jheaton5 »

Icewm
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#4 Post by vbrummond »

I am using Gnome 2 with the Gnome 3 shell, and when Gnome 3 hits testing I will be using it. Otherwise XFCE, which I will use for all legacy machines.
Always on Debian Testing

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#5 Post by woteb »

Mostly XFCE on my laptop. Sometimes Openbox. I use Openbox when I will use 'heavy' programs, like Virtualbox. But that's not very common to me.
On the workstations (3 + 2 laptops) all XFCE running on Squeeze/Backports.
My own laptop is running Wheezy and today I upgraded XFCE to 4.8 using the Sid repository.
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#6 Post by Revenger »

I use Gnome 3 on my LFS build until it reaches Debian Testing. I also have Squeeze and Gnome 2 installed in case I mess up LFS configuration.
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#7 Post by Mr James »

Using Gnome 2 in Debian Squeeze.
Been switching between KDE and Gnome forever. I love KDE with a passion. But there are certain kinks that simply do not exist or are easily fixed in Gnome which, in Squeeze, is as close to perfection as possible.
I'm sticking to Gnome for now.
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#8 Post by eriefisher »

XFCE...Fluxbox...IceWM.
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#9 Post by emariz »

Debian's default one; Gnome.

I like Gnome's simplicity and its tool set. It is the best desktop environment that I have ever tried. On the other hand, I cannot stand KDE's never ending options and menus, and I had always considered Xfce as a second-rate Gnome (until version 4.8).
I must say that I have never used a window manager; I have tried them on live CD's, but that's it. I won't leave Gnome for a window manager, but I will flirt with one; just to learn something.

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#10 Post by edbarx »

KDE 4.4.5 on Debian Squeeze.
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It is hard to get away from CLI tools.

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#11 Post by ghostdawg »

Gnome 2 mainly but will play around with Openbox, like now on this machine.
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#12 Post by kedaha »

I voted Gnome 2 which I prefer and have always used it as my main DE and also on my Acer Extensa laptop. I also use LXDE on my Acer Aspire One although I'm not exactly enthralled with it.
Maybe one day I'll use Gnome 3 but I'm really quite happy with what I've got now.
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#13 Post by Tadeas »

If I vote for KDE, I get "The submitted form was invalid. Try submitting again.". Is this on purpose? :)
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#14 Post by dejan034 »

KDE 4.6.2 on Debian testing. 8)

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#15 Post by barko »

GNOME 2 on debian testing.
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#16 Post by kabniel »

I've been using xmonad for the last 18 months or so.

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#17 Post by Roel63 »

"Still" on Gnome 2 here, on desktop and laptop. We'll see when Gnome 3 will be in Wheezy...

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#18 Post by anticapitalista »

fluxbox on antiX-sid
antiX with runit - lean and mean.
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#19 Post by weedeater64 »

Gnome throughout Etch and Lenny years.

Two things this Squeeze box will not be seeing

*excessive bloat ie.. gnome
*flash plugin no free

Seem to have settled on Openbox, but may still try some other WMs. Rat for instance.

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#20 Post by bmc5311 »

openbox, no DE.

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