[GRLUG] Bodhi Linux

[Roger Roelofs]

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.
>>> --
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>>> than for the desire of the man.
>>> Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (1772-1834)
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