At 07:53 AM 02/09/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>O heavens..I've used Blackbox before, but over all I like KDE the best.
>plus, with the new updates for KDE I've put a lot of work into getting KDE
>to where it is at the moment on this system.
>
>But as far as functionality I think KDE is way ahead of Blackbox. I don't
>have to work as hard to get the same amount done. There's no doubt that BB
>is faster than KDE, but KDE is much more functional even if I'm
>sacrificing a little in speed.
>
>--
>Mark
It really depends on what you want to do, and how you define
"functionality". BlackBox is extremely clean and fast, but the eye-candy is
minimal. Also, it is not a true "desktop", but rather a window manager.
Same for my own preference, Window Maker. But WM has more eye-candy
available, a "different" look than most other window managers, and is also
small and fast enough to run on a lower-end machine. KDE is easy to use for
a Windows convert, because most of the keyboard shortcuts are the same, and
the GUI is quite similar, etc.
If you want a Windows lookalike, use KDE, or perhaps GNOME with a default
Enlightenment setup. You get plenty of eye-candy, along with the keyboard
shortcuts and most of the drag-n-drop functionality of Windows. I prefer to
use aterm (a smaller, faster xterm) for a good chunk of my actual work. I
don't like a bunch of icons cluttering up my desktop, but I do like a
select few apps immediately available at the click of a button/icon. For
the rest, a simple command line to call the program is more than
sufficient. I also like a pretty wallpaper, and a few desktop gadgets for
system monitoring. Window Maker provides all of these.
When I get the chance, I will put up a screenshot of my desktop, so you can
see what I mean.
Dave Sherman
SoftServ Business Systems, Inc. "Quid quid latine dictum sit,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] altum viditur."
(763) 569-9839
