"Although I have some doubts that XFCE is 'so very much lighter' than GNOME (GNOME 2.20 doesn't take too much memory if you don't start all kind of crap), it is still lighter, and in a few years there will be less and less antiquated computers who require extra-light window managers (Fluxbox, Openbox, Blackbox, WindowMaker, IceWM). XFCE is reasonably mature, and constantly improving, so it has all the chances to become the mid-weighted Desktop Environment of choice pretty soon! What is XFCE needing to reach the Nirvana? Here's the way I see things."
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Member since:2006-09-26
I'm sorry, but I have spent a couple of house trying to figure how how to get the file manager in Gnome to work properly (not opening a new window every time you open a folder) and I still can't find any option to fix this. I feel like I'm in windows 3.1.
No offense, but I believe that they have menus and configuration dialogs in Windows 3.1 also, right? Why would it take hours for you to discover the solution?
1. Nautilus -> Edit -> Preferences -> Behavior -> Always open in browser windows.
2. Close and restart Nautilus.
Only in older versions of GNOME (<2.6) there was a need for the hard way: either run
"gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser true", or:
- open gconf-editor
- go to /apps/nautilus/preferences/
- find "always_use_browser", and tick the box
- Quit out of gconf-editor, log out, then log back in.
As I said, the hard way is never needed nowadays.
Oh, here too: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#nautilus-spatial
Member since:2005-11-02
This is the kind of option which, if you do not already know what it does, you would never be able to figure it out. Most people who want this behavior will have no idea how to turn it on and are unlikely to perform google searches sufficient to figure it out. How do you google for "Make nautilus work like a filemanager should" or "not suck"? Users don't know what spatial means and even I find the word "browser" extremely confusing.
So much for easy to use.
Member since:2005-07-11
Member since:2006-07-26
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2006-07-26
Well....Xfce doesn't SUCK by default like gnome does.
I'm sorry, but I have spent a couple of house trying to figure how how to get the file manager in Gnome to work properly (not opening a new window every time you open a folder) and I still can't find any option to fix this. I feel like I'm in windows 3.1.
In Xfce, by default you can right click and access the same menu that you do from the start bar.
Those are two differences that make a big deal to me. Other than that I don't know what the differences are except for the fact that gnome seems to use at least 8,765 folders for storing it's configuration.
So when my Gnome stuff crashes and doesn't work the next time I boot into it I need to "rm -r .gnome .gconf .gconfd .config .20OtherFoldersThatGnomeUses"
Sorry, but Gnome is f'ing horrible. Xfce feels more usable and lighter at the same time.
So, if I want heavyweight I'll use KDE, if I want lightweight I'll use Xfce. If I want something in the middle I'll flip a coin (Xfce or KDE) and avoid using Gnome at all costs.
By the wya, I don't really care about the whole GTK vs. QT stuff either. I use Xfce and run KDE apps just fine.
I'm kinda drunk right now, so if it seems like I'm flaming I probably am, but I'm also saying what I really feel and if that is flaming I don't care. Gnome sux!
Edited 2008-02-20 07:41 UTC