On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:34:44 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > > And I boot into the text console and fire up the GUI using > > startxfce4. (There are similar commands for GNOME, KDE, fvwm, etc, > > etc.) > > > > So, quitting/restarting X is simple, negates the need to reboot and > > is *faster* than a reboot. > > I totally agree Ron... I too (AOL) use startxfce4 unless I'm playing around > with other wm's (still suffering since wmii moved to up to 3, though I > see wmii2 is still around... maybe its time to go back). On my latest install, the only WM I have is Xfce. I boot into the console, and 'startx' takes me into Xfce (4 letters less - yay!). [Yes, I know there's such a thing as an alias, and that there are ways of setting a default WM ...] > In fact, I find my self using more and more stuff in xterms and if it > wasn't for having to do real work (book-keeping in gnucash) I'd likely > not be running X hardly at all. Same here, but I just enjoy the web better with graphics (I haven't yet investigated the possibility of a framebuffer solution ...). Learning mutt is high on my todo list, and then I'll find a TUI RSS reader that I like, and that'll be about it. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
