On 12/3/2013 8:22 PM, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > I'm not far from choosing a Desktop Environment, which BLFS gives you > choices of KDE, XFCE, LXDE to install. > > I use Gnome at work, an old version that comes with Redhat 5, and I > understand that new versions get mixed reviews in online forums. I have > no opinion, having no experience except with what comes with my Fedora > 19 host system. > > Why does BLFS not do Gnome? I see that Gnome depends on systemd which > BLFS does not support. Can anyone give me a few clues about the issues? > > I've used KDE before, where I used to work, and I was quite happy with it. > > Any comments on the relative merits of the three that BLFS recommends? > Beyond the brief introductions in the BLFS book?
Well, based on the many kind suggestions I received, I installed XFCE and managed to get it running. It looks very nice. Man, what a lot of dependencies, though. Alan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
