Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 2nd Jun 2005 00:17 UTC
X11, Window Managers It's been a few years since we ran such a poll. Let's see what most people prefer these days.
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I compose my own "desktop environment"
by Anonymous on Thu 2nd Jun 2005 01:46 UTC

Gnome seems to be leading at the moment but I bet that KDE wins in the end by large margin. I gave my vote to XFCE, which I use sometimes because it's quite nice.

However, I much prefer to use Window Maker with perlpanel or fbpanel (and with gnome-panel in Frugalware because Frugalware doesn't yet come with any another decent panel). Add there some select dockapps (mixer.app, mount.app, wmcdplay, wmshutdown), aterm, gkrellm, a file manager (xfe), firefox, sylpheed-gtk2, gftp, openoffice, leafpad, xpdf, gtklp, a GUI client to dictd, gimp, gthumb, gxine, zinf, grip, x-cd-roast, games, xlockmore, customized appicons, a cool wallpaper, etc. -- and you've got a "desktop environment" that is slicker and faster than KDE or Gnome.