[CS-FSLUG] Theory Exercise: Stable Desktop

[Jon Glass]

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Timothy Butler <tbutler at ofb.biz> wrote:
>        It depends what your ETA is. I think GNOME could be cleaned up and
> made into what you want in a few months, or at least a year. Most everything
> else, I suspect, you're looking at a lot longer process.
>

But I would think that Gnome would be out because of its 6 month
release cycle. It is Gnome that is responsible for the 6 month release
cycle of Ubuntu that everybody hates.

As to graphic tools.... If you are working with non-techies, why offer
them choices that only clutter their menus and obscure the essentials.

BTW, I believe you can use Thunar, PCManfm, or whatever file manager
you want in icewm. I have had automounting with it. And there's always
roxfiler. ;-) I know that somehow, Puppy has stuff on its toolbar, and
I have added network and other tools to icewm. I think there are ways
to emulate pretty well a DE with the various wms. I would still look
there, rather than to gnome or kde if you want long-term stability and
compat. But then again, I'm a novice. ;-)

-- 
 -Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<jonglass at usa.net>

"I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals." --Jack Nicklaus