Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Heller Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 14:58:01 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Deepwoods Software Lines: 21 Message-ID: <101sb9p$1jt4p$1@dont-email.me> References: <101s7c5$2vur7$1@news1.tnib.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:58:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8d619f8be2fb2c0a1e84f35858693f71"; logging-data="1701017"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/SX/kWQC2EU1W149W7pa0QXEyOnAAQ5YI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:Mu9BFKu/IYmyDbPGMWFCXRUeaC8= X-Newsreader: TkNews 3.0 (1.2.20) In-Reply-To: <101s7c5$2vur7$1@news1.tnib.de> Originator: heller@sharky5.deepsoft.com > Borax Man wrote: >So, what Desktop Environment/Window Manager do you use, and why? I have a homemade "Session Manager" written in Tcl/Tk, I use a panel from XFCE4 (without a "start" menu), and FVWM2 in MWM mode. This (more or less) gives me what I had on VAXStations and DECStations under VMS and Ultrix w/ DECWindows way back when. I *never* used MS-Windows or MacOSX and I have no use for a "desktop" that mimics either. I learned on UNIX workstations back in the "early" days and moved onto Linux from there. None of the "modern" (so-called) desktop environments appeal to me and I find them hard to use. I'd just as soon stick with what I know and feel confortable with. I find graphical file managers very hard to use -- generally "clunky". I am much more confortable using a shell window to navigate my file system(s). -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services