Re: Keyboard-Centric workflow: was GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-25 Thread Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss
Thanks, Steve! Just installed dmenu (actually dmenu_run) from the Debian repo, and it is great! My "keyboard centric" workflow up to now has simply been to launch programs with Alt-F2. This is waay better. Ever closer to getting rid of the darn mouse ... On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 7:18 PM Steve

Keyboard-Centric workflow: was GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-25 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:27:51 -0700 >Glad to see some love for LXDE. Been using it for many years now. It >is simple and small. Would be interested in hearing more about your >"keyboard centric workflow" for LXDE. I'm using xmodmap to emulate >the beloved and

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-25 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
I can give a 10 to 15 minute presentation showing off my no-frills Openbox workflow setup. SteveT Samuel Stavole-Carter via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:40:51 -0700 >Seems to me like this thread could be a good topic for a presentation >for one of the PLUG sessions if anyone feels

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-25 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
truly. mine doesn't have minimal overlapping but the one it does use (cursor)should be good enough (if I can remember what I set). lol On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 2:07 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Thanks for ending years of frustration. > > On 3/24/22

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-25 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
Thanks for ending years of frustration. On 3/24/22 15:10, Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss wrote: Settings->Window Management->Window Behavior->Advanced.  You may want a window placement of "minimal overlapping".  That means a new application will show up in the place that has the least amount of

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-25 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
Many times I've gone online to find out how to configure something.  I'll open a link and read somebody asking for help with an issue similar to the one I have.  It seems like the first 47 comments are people saying not to do that and explaining how they think it's a bad idea.  Finally,

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-25 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
Thanks.  I'll try these options today. On 3/24/22 15:10, Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss wrote: On 2022-03-24 14:40, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: I have Kubuntu installed on my machine.  I like it but the only thing that bugs me about KDE is that I have 2 monitors on this machine and I never know