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| From | Rich <rich@example.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" |
| Date | 2014-10-25 01:55 +0000 |
| Organization | My Linux Box |
| Message-ID | <m2evub$ilj$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <m2edie$3kc$1@solani.org> <87bnp1b2y3.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> |
Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote: > RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>: > > I'm not sure what the issue is: in my opinion, LXDE is simple, intuitive, and > > stays the heck out of your way so you can work. > LXDE is what I use at home and in the office. I'm happy with it. Here's > the killer features: > * the focus follow the mouse (because I configured it so) Fvwm - 1995-1996 timeframe - check. Been using focus follow mouse since. Also no click-to-raise so I can type into a window underneath the current one without having to lift it first. > * the window close button is in the upper left-hand corner (because I > configured it so) Don't even have a window close button on my Fvwm2 titlebars - because I configured it so. Can put up to ten total buttons (five left side, five right side), can connect anything from mouse clicks to full blown menu heirarcies to them. > * the middle button maximizes the window vertically (out of the box) Don't have that configured. Middle button is paste instead. > * you don't have to have one application hog the whole screen 21 years or so of using X windows systems. Very very few windows ever get to be full screen. And those that do get blown up to full screen now and then don't stay that way for long. And usually it's a photo program when it does happen (xv or gimp). Have never been able to figure out how people work with everything maximized. Or then again, maybe they don't seem to get much done most times....
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Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-24 20:41 +0000
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-24 23:57 +0300
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-25 01:55 +0000
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-26 19:23 +0000
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-10-27 22:17 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-27 22:56 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2014-10-28 11:27 +0000
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" "D.D." <usenet.xyzzyx@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-10-28 04:34 -0700
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-10-31 19:04 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-31 19:51 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-10-31 14:55 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-31 23:48 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-10-31 18:58 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-01 01:23 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-10-31 21:50 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-01 09:14 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-01 10:15 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-01 16:26 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-01 10:40 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> - 2014-11-01 16:07 +0100
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-01 13:20 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> - 2014-11-01 23:48 +0100
Re: systemd documentation Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-01 19:53 -0400
Re: systemd documentation Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> - 2014-11-02 01:11 +0100
Re: systemd documentation Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-01 21:25 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-02 10:37 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-02 10:13 -0500
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-01 18:09 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-01 13:16 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-01 22:05 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-01 19:39 -0400
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-02 10:57 +0200
Re: Lunduke says "lxde desktop is nothing to write home about" Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-11-14 20:21 +0200
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