Alternatives to Gnome, KDE

[ronnie gauthier]

Try running TKdesk along with it.

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 14:56:38 +0000 (UTC)
Anita Lewis <ajlewis2 at intac.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Anita
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