linux desktops

**sail3005** · Apr 14th, 2002, 03:06 PM

does anyone have any recomendations besides KDE?

**JungleMan** · Apr 14th, 2002, 04:25 PM

I heard "blackbox" is good if your on a slow system

Then again I don't know much about this.

**sail3005** · Apr 14th, 2002, 04:59 PM

yeah, Wynd (on this forum) uses blackbox. i don't like the look of it that much though. and my system isin't that slow. any others?

**CyberSurfer** · Apr 14th, 2002, 05:07 PM

Although I prefer KDE myself, Gnome or Windowmaker are good...

**sail3005** · Apr 14th, 2002, 05:10 PM

Gnome is really slow for me. Perhaps i should just stick with KDE

**JungleMan** · Apr 14th, 2002, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by sail3005
Gnome is really slow for me. Perhaps i should just stick with KDE

consensus seems to be that its' the best one out there....

**sail3005** · Apr 14th, 2002, 05:12 PM

it is a little on the slow side, but it has more glitter than windows XP

**JungleMan** · Apr 14th, 2002, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by sail3005
it is a little on the slow side, but it has more glitter than windows XP

It does? Post a screen shot...are you in it now?

**Gandalf_Grey_** · Apr 14th, 2002, 05:33 PM

i like KDE, i havn't tried blackbox but i HATED window maker, gnome isn't bad either but KDE is still my favorite, has anyone tried KDE 3?

**sail3005** · Apr 14th, 2002, 05:41 PM

Originally posted by Gandalf_Grey_
i like KDE, i havn't tried blackbox but i HATED window maker, gnome isn't bad either but KDE is still my favorite, has anyone tried KDE 3?

thats what comes with redhat 7.2 i think. it's awesome

**sail3005** · Apr 14th, 2002, 05:42 PM

justin - i'll post a ss later. i gotta get this one program first. then i will (GIMP)

**Beacon** · Apr 14th, 2002, 07:59 PM

There is xfce you could try.
Not bad.

Screenshot:

**sail3005** · Apr 14th, 2002, 08:04 PM

hey beacon, what did you do to take the screen shot?

**Beacon** · Apr 14th, 2002, 08:28 PM

Wasnt me! It's a link i couldnt be bothered!

But if you want to know how? Gimme 5 mins!

**Beacon** · Apr 14th, 2002, 08:30 PM

In the mean time check here for other ss:

here we go - how unix/linux can look cool

**Beacon** · Apr 14th, 2002, 08:40 PM

Sail:

Anyways i interupted my script writing and used EE(Electric Eyes) to take a ss.
Else by looking at that SS i posted i'd say they used GIMP to do it.

Let me know if you need more details!

b

**sail3005** · Apr 14th, 2002, 08:47 PM

electric eyes, hmmmm

let me see if i have that

Zaei · Apr 14th, 2002, 09:24 PM

I've been using WIndowmaker for a few days, and i like it. It took a while to get used to, but once that was done...

Z.

Jethro · Apr 14th, 2002, 10:08 PM

Originally posted by sail3005
it is a little on the slow side, but it has more glitter than windows XP

BOLLOCKS.................

X-Windows anyone .... got a version with Red Hat 7.1 which loaded and ran okay, but am used to seeing unix so maybe biased on it....

**mendhak** · Apr 14th, 2002, 11:12 PM

Gnome Here.
During Installation, I was told that KDE didn't support multiple window instances, and Gnome Did.

What made you go for KDE? And Gnome is fast here for me, consider this as well: I have a P2/333 MHz. Pretty slow processor, but it's working pretty fast for me

**Wynd** · Apr 15th, 2002, 10:55 AM

What are you talking about? Blackbox is equal to the rockzor

Besides, if you don't like how it looks you can always theme it or change it how you want.

**sail3005** · Apr 15th, 2002, 05:08 PM

how did you take the screen shot with electric eyes?

**thinktank2** · Apr 15th, 2002, 06:11 PM

1)Right click on Electric Eyes window and select View and then Show/Hide Edit Window. Another window should pop up on your screen.

2)Click the lowest, rightmost button in the edit window. This button brings up a dialog asking you to select a window to grab pixels/images from.

3)Click OK and the cursor will change to a question mark like icon.
Select the window you wish to make an image from by clicking in that window.

4) A new dialog box pops up for Grab Options. You probably want to make sure that the Hide EE windows checkbox is checked, and that the Number of seconds to wait is set to zero.

5)The window image you grabbed should pop up in the Main window

6)To save the file, right click on the image, and select File -> Save as.

**sail3005** · Apr 15th, 2002, 06:24 PM

thanks

**sail3005** · Apr 15th, 2002, 06:26 PM

is it just me or is that program really hard to use
?

**Beacon** · Apr 15th, 2002, 07:39 PM

Nope takes a bit to get used to!

Try gimp you can download that for free!!

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