Comments on: Gnome http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/01/20/gnome scratched tallies on the prison wall Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ben http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/01/20/gnome#comment-1886 Ben Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/01/20/gnome/#comment-1886 I think the answer to your quandry would be to use Gnome for your desktop but replace the window manager. There are an awful lot of people that have echoed your sentiment about nautilus. I ran into the same issue and switched to using kahakai for my window manager. Of course, I've always had a soft spot for fluxbox...<br /> <br /> Anyway, just look around for a different window manager to drop into Gnome in place of nautilus. You'll get the best of both worlds. I think the answer to your quandry would be to use Gnome for your desktop but replace the window manager. There are an awful lot of people that have echoed your sentiment about nautilus. I ran into the same issue and switched to using kahakai for my window manager. Of course, I’ve always had a soft spot for fluxbox…

Anyway, just look around for a different window manager to drop into Gnome in place of nautilus. You’ll get the best of both worlds.

]]> By: Roberto http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/01/20/gnome#comment-1887 Roberto Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/01/20/gnome/#comment-1887 Have you taken a look at XFCE? It's a complete but lightweight DE that looks very nice. Have you taken a look at XFCE? It’s a complete but lightweight DE that looks very nice.

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/01/20/gnome#comment-1888 sil Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/01/20/gnome/#comment-1888 Ah, here's the thing. I don't like XFCE. Moreover, it hasn't got all the good usability stuff driving it that I mentioned. What I <b>want</b> is for all the Gnome usability and innovation guys to concentrate on a lightweight ROX-based desktop. Since they're not going to, I have to decide whether I want to get the usability stuff for free but live with the weight, and use Gnome, or whether I want to reimplement the innovation stuff myself but have a nice light filer, and use ROX... Ah, here’s the thing. I don’t like XFCE. Moreover, it hasn’t got all the good usability stuff driving it that I mentioned. What I want is for all the Gnome usability and innovation guys to concentrate on a lightweight ROX-based desktop. Since they’re not going to, I have to decide whether I want to get the usability stuff for free but live with the weight, and use Gnome, or whether I want to reimplement the innovation stuff myself but have a nice light filer, and use ROX…

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/01/20/gnome#comment-1889 sil Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/01/20/gnome/#comment-1889 Ben: um, nautilus isn't a window manager? Metacity is the Gnome WM, isn't it? Nautilus is a filer. Now, I know I could use Gnome and ROX-Filer, but that seems a bit silly to me, because there's no integration... Ben: um, nautilus isn’t a window manager? Metacity is the Gnome WM, isn’t it? Nautilus is a filer. Now, I know I could use Gnome and ROX-Filer, but that seems a bit silly to me, because there’s no integration…

]]> By: sparkes http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/01/20/gnome#comment-1890 sparkes Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/01/20/gnome/#comment-1890 I swapped from KDE because of the bloat and moved to waimea and other *box types.  But like you took a peep at gnome and loved what I saw.<br /> <br /> Now I used gnome everyday and don't miss the lighterweight alternatives.  You are right about the filer but I do most of my file management in xterms so don't run into it very often.  It doesn't stop me wondering why it should take longer than a web browser to load when all it does is browse the local file system.<br /> <br /> give a newer gnome a spin and you will be amazed just how far it has come in the last couple of years.  I use the latest sid packages and they are excellent, really stable and twice as quick as they used to be (IMHO)<br /> <br /> Once you've had Gnome you don't moan - to paraphrase a certain gentleman ;-) I swapped from KDE because of the bloat and moved to waimea and other *box types.  But like you took a peep at gnome and loved what I saw.

Now I used gnome everyday and don’t miss the lighterweight alternatives.  You are right about the filer but I do most of my file management in xterms so don’t run into it very often.  It doesn’t stop me wondering why it should take longer than a web browser to load when all it does is browse the local file system.

give a newer gnome a spin and you will be amazed just how far it has come in the last couple of years.  I use the latest sid packages and they are excellent, really stable and twice as quick as they used to be (IMHO)

Once you’ve had Gnome you don’t moan - to paraphrase a certain gentleman ;-)

]]> By: Andrew http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/01/20/gnome#comment-1891 Andrew Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/01/20/gnome/#comment-1891 How do you find Nautilus to be bloated? UI-wise or speed-wise? How do you find Nautilus to be bloated? UI-wise or speed-wise?

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