On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:58:45AM -0800, adam bultman wrote:
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>
> On 07/11/2011 11:52 AM, Bruce Hill wrote:
> >
> > If you're not one of the sheeple who has to have desktop icons to click
> > and make his programs run, etc, you should just hurry up and quit all the
> > DE experimentation and run Fluxbox. Uses a *lot* less resources than those
> > clunky DEs which introduce new twirly giggy things without fixing their
> > exsisting bugs. Doubt it? Join #gentoo on irc.freenode.net and lurk for 48
> > hours and find out how many people have problems with KDE (Krummy Desktop
> > Excuse) and Gnome (furry imaginary creature running around in the forest).
> > And while you're there, watch how much time they waste trying to get
> > booted with grub rather than installing lilo and booting their system. :-)
> >
> I used to use fluxbox, but the integration was too poor to allow me to
> work effectively. Plus, gnome-terminal started supporting tabs, which
> blew fluxbox' tabs out of the water.
>
> I also used to use gentoo, but I gave up - fitting the spoiler on top of
> my workstation made it too tall to fit under my desk. And with all the
> flashy neon lights and ground effects on my workstation, it was too
> bright and distracting to have on top of my desk. There goes your ball
> game.
>
>
>
> --
> Adam
Understandable ... most people can't drive fast in real life. ;) You're
who they made NFS and Ubuntu for :-)
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