> Craig wrote: > Perhaps we should take further discussion off list
Works for me - but do others who are lurking care to follow along? Regarding your email issue - what about using Samba on the desktop to allow a network mount of the directories? Either Win7 "windows networking" mount the Linux desktop (which I do and know is pretty easy) or have Linux mount the Win7 "network shared" directories (which I know can be done but don't do it enough to remember how) Or, can you use cygwin to change the permissions of the email directory so Win7 can write? > > fmiser wrote: > > > > But if the issue is just avoiding Gnome3 - why Gnome at all? I > > pretty much gave up on Gnome when Gnome2 came out. > > Because my wife, who for the most part has learned to use her > login on our Linux system, is accustomed to Gnome 2. Sound to me like MATE would be a good choice. I chose not to because (for not particular reason) I questioned whether MATE would be around long term. As of now, I see no evidence of it fading away. I had already used XFCE4 for a few situations so I shifted to that. I administer a bunch of computers and the users on all of them seem to have made the shift without problems. I also quite using gdm (gnome's graphical login) and am usually using lightdm. This has resulted in not having a user-switcher for multiple users on one computer to have a GUI to switch from one users login to another. I have found no solution for lightdm. For the system where it was important, I am using KDE's display manager, kdm. With the help of a bash script (and a .desktop file to make it a graphical button) I have a non-gnome solution. That was probably un-necessary since gdm can be used with _any_ desktop environment such as XFCE4 or OpenBox. At that point I was just so irritated with GNOME I avoided all the GNOME stuff I could. *smiles* > > With Gnome3 I am actively avoiding it. I now generally > > install XFCE4 for most users. Or LXDE if you like the looks > > of MS Win. > > I despise the looks of MS Win on a Linux system -- I use the > command line extensively and don't want my background picture > cluttered with a lot of useless stuff; I'd say you are a good candidate for OpenBox. No desktop icons. None. Right-click on the desktop if you want a menu. I have custom keyboard shortcuts to open gmrun, roxterm (my current choice in xterm), and emacs so effectively I never use the menu. gmrun is a linux-style "run" prompt with tab completion and history. I use it for opening GUI programs. With OpenBox, there is no auto-mounting of drives, or "folders" to double-click on to open a file manager. I consider those to be features - but most of the users on the system I take care of feel otherwise. :) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
