[GRLUG] Google side note WAS Re: Bodhi Linux

[Benjamin Flanders]

interesting that I did a google search by right clicking on "Awesome"
and Awesome window manager was the first result.  For me the Google
result personalization worked well.  I must search for a lot of linux
things :)


Share and Enjoy
Ben



On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Roger Roelofs <roger.roelofs at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been playing with the "Awesome" window manager on my new Arch
> install.  It is a tiling window manager with about 8 different tiling
> schemes to choose from and can be changed per workspace.  I think I
> like it, but I get annoyed when using apps with palettes (like the
> gimp) if I forget to choose the 'freeform' version before I launch the
> app.  Once I get around to attaching apps to workspaces my life should
> be better.  I didn't think I would like a tiling wm, but it is growing
> on me.
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> For me, it isn't that I am strapped for speed, but I do notice the
>> little extra speed I get (Xubuntu)and I don't have need of eye candy.
>> I'm sure this encompasses most everyone here, but I use the command
>> line for most of my file organizing needs and all other computer needs
>> are met by the applications I use.  I don't need my DE to do much more
>> than help organize windows.
>>
>> (written with gmail on firefox 6, on windows XP)
>>
>>
>> Share and Enjoy
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Anyway care to provide a small word salad
>>> about what e17 is?
>>> On the subject, is anyone actually strapped
>>> for speed?  i.e., what is it you do that requires
>>> more speed than you have?  I suppose this
>>> would get in to how old the iron is one is
>>> running.  Today it wold take effort to get
>>> less than a dual core processor, and quad
>>> core is common and inexpensive enough.
>>>     -- Bob
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:15 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 09:54:56AM -0400, Topher wrote:
>>>> > >On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 08:57:40AM -0400, Topher wrote:
>>>> > >>Anyone tried this?  Ubuntu based, E17 front end, really stripped
>>>> > >>down for speed.
>>>> > >
>>>> > >-1
>>>> > >
>>>> > >It's very unstable (at least in a VM).  e17 is not ready.  Still.
>>>> > >  After
>>>> > >a decade.  I used to follow its development closely (frequently
>>>> > >recompiling to stay current).  It's a crapshoot.  It's amazing what it
>>>> > >can do on low-end hardware (no, really; it's incredible) but it's not
>>>> > >stable.  Bodhi is a great way to try e17, but if you like stability you
>>>> > >will be disappointed.
>>>> >
>>>> > And since Debian threw e16 under the bus you can't even fix it by
>>>> > going to e16.  Bleh.  Because it WOULD be cool with e16.
>>>>
>>>> I was very surprised when Debian removed e16, since e17 is no where near
>>>> ready to replace it.  I'm sure it had to do with a dwindling userbase
>>>> and the lack of a maintainer.
>>>>
>>>> You can always compile from source.  :-)  But you know that.
>>>> --
>>>> john-thomas
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>>>> than for the desire of the man.
>>>> Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (1772-1834)
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