Alternatives to Gnome, KDE

[Anita Lewis]

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 21:00:48 -0500, Michael Hipp wrote:
> I'm on the hunt for alternatives to Gnome & KDE as a "desktop". Fluxbox and 
> Xfce come well recommended so I tried them.
> 
> The thing they are both missing is a Taskbar (like KDE, Gnome, Windows). Is 
> there one some way to create such a thing in some of these more lightweight 
> desktops?
> 
> Something that gives 1-click random access to any/all running programs and 
> is always accessible is a must-have.
> 
> Any other desktops I should try?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 

You might like icewm.  I don't know if it qualifies as a desktop, but there
is a toolbar that you can put things on.  I have icons for the applications
that I use most sitting on it and a clock.  You put them there by make
appropriate entries in ~.icewm/toolbar which is a very simple format.  I use
mine in combination with Gnome applications and have Gnome installed for
that reason.  In order to have icons on the desktop, I can run gmc.  

I'm not sure if the toolbar and a taskbar are the same thing though.  Oh,
actually I'm running icewm-gnome which I guess is different than just plain
icewm.  I figured I would use it since I want to use gnome apps.  It may be
just a windowmanager that Gnome can sit on top of instead of sawfish or
enlightenment.  I'm not a big X person; so I don't know these things.


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Anita
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