Alternitives to Gnome and KDE?

c0vert · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 355

Are there any alterntives to Gnome or KDE??
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Voltago · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject:

No.

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No, wait, there are some: http://xwinman.org/

soda_popstar · Apprentice Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 177

XFce4

nightblade · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:14 pm Post subject:

I used Gnome for a while, but switched long time ago to Enlightenment.

I like its graphical impact, and its extreme flexibility when it comes to customize the desktop to your needs.
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firephoto · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject:

First it's Gnome or Kde, now it's the others, what's next, xfree vs. xorg?

Just kidding... we know xorg is the way to go.

I see you are an XP user. It would probably be easiest to cut your teeth with KDE and then maybe try out XFCE4, or if you need a gui quick get XFCE4 going first but I'm not sure how much faster that would be with the dependencies. I guess if you're installing from a CD it doesn't really matter much using the binaries.

I liked XFCE4 when I used it but id didn't do xinerama very good so I didn't stick with it and I really don't have a need for a minimal DE.

c0vert · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 355

thanks, but whats the best graphic pleasing one, if that makes sense

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sickboy2583 · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:

Most people will say Enlightenment is best for graphics.
I prefer Fluxbox myself.

But as for an alternetive to KDE & Gnome it depends if you mean a fully blown desktop environment. If yes then i guess xfce4 is the best alternetive.

If you just want a window manager then there are many to choose from - FVWM, fluxbox, blackbox, pekwm, evilwm, openbox to name but a few.

Muso · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:45 pm Post subject:

Enlightenment is my prefered window manager.... nothing can touch it's flexibility or it's themability (if that's even a word).

Gratuitous screenshots here and here and finally..... here

(EDIT) Also one here
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nbkolchin · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:50 pm Post subject:

http://ede.sf.net for light desktop.

If you want eye-candy: KDE + SuperKaramba can do magic.

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c0vert · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 355

Quantumstate · Apprentice Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 270 Location: Dallas

What's the matter with K?
You running on an embedded device?

placeholder · Advocate Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 2500

I suppose that Xfce4 would be your next best choice. I say that it's about as easy as GNOME/KDE with less bloat.

nbkolchin · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:56 pm Post subject:

Quantumstate · Apprentice Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 270 Location: Dallas

Heck, I'm just running K with baghira.

RdsArts · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:13 am Post subject:

Don't forget ROX.

Here's a screenshot of it on my desktop. I think it looks nice, and if you really like it there are a number of apps designed for it which are also quite nice as well. (But then, I think AppDirs are the best thing for the Free desktop since X11, so I may be biased)

c0vert · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 355

cool background
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