Opinions on the "enlightenment" window manager

[Collins]

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:31:54 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb"
<bholcomb at R777cableone.net> wrote:> Soooie, Sooie Pig!  Here KDE, Here
Enlightment!  Sooie!> 
> I started the change to xfce before KDE 3 was released.  I'm glad I
> did - I'm still on KDE 2.2 but moving off and think I'll skip 3.0! 
> I got enough problems already!
> 
> Net Llama! wrote:
> 
> > Kurt Wall wrote:
> >> Scribbling feverishly on April 12, Net Llama! managed to emit:
> >> 
> >> [...]
> >> 
> >> 
> >>>They're prolly close to being on par in terms of visual features
> >>>(althoug,
> >>>truth be told, i haven't used either in quite some times). 
> >>>Enlightenment is (currently) just a window manager, although
> >>>there are plans to make it an enenvironment.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Great, just what we need, *another* pig for a Grand High Falutin'
> >> <reverb>Desktop Environment</reverb>.
> > 
> > What can you expect when you have two egos as bloated as Mandrake
> > & Raster leading the team?
> > 

Actually, I'm primarily an xfce fan, but I decided to give kde3 a
spin.  Bloatware it is, but it's pretty high quality bloatware.  Much
peppier than the older releases.  Konqueror is an excellent browser;
Kmail is tolerable.  I still prefer Mozilla (or Galeon) and Sylpheed.

Fortunately, I'm running a gentoo system, so I don't have to worry
about the installation crap - just fire it up and stand back for about
5 hours.  If you have a midrange PC (800Mz - 256M), kde3 is a
reasonable solution.  I could see kde3 appealing to a lot of folks who
aren't linux heavyweights.

For the tinkerers among us, nothing will replaced the stripped-down
desktops like xfce or blackbox.


-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
Gentoo_rc6-15(1.1a) 2.4.19pre - kde3 + sylpheed