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Jaro: my suggestion was to have LXDE as the default since XFCE has been
getting quite bulky the past years and is a bit intrusive in terms of tools
and such that it uses.

LXDE would imho be a viable default WM/DE.


On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Jaromil <jaromil@???> wrote:

>
> hi Holger,
>
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Holger Beetz wrote:
> > Suggestion:
>
> > Use SLIM or GDM for letting the user select the desktop environment
> > at bootup.
>
> yes. actually I don't know yet this slim, must have a look since GDM
> is definitely too complex for such a little task... I've been using
> XDM in dyne:II, but it lacks the selection widget.
>
> > As for the "standard" desktop I am still unsure if Gnome 2.0 is a
> > smart move. Gnome 2 is pretty much a dead end in regard to
> > development.
>
> I've been told by more people it is so and also the discussion here
> lead to a general sentimento to switch which I'll respect
>
> > I found XFCE a valuable replacement for Gnome and switched all my
> > PCs over to XFCE as desktop environment. I would rather not invest
> > any work in Gnome 2 anymore.
>
> XFCE is something we all loved in dyne:II, while LXDE is also a valid
> alternative. I'll meet fruity in two days and we'll discuss about
> this, he knows LXDE better than me, in general I guess the ideal
> scenario would be a selection with a well configured XFCE by default
> and then other choices as LXDE, openbox, fluxbox, awesome and
> ratpoison for instance, also evilwm why not :) these alternatives are
> all very lightweight.
>
> ciao
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