Thanks... NOW YOU TELL ME. or XFCe v4 is Nice!

I discovered that yesterday too :)

Currently at home I am using XFCe4. Almost kinda glad to get a change.

I think the GNOME Team could take some pointers from XFCe. First off, my wife as a long time Windows User (before my conversion and at work now) and GNOME user, now using XFCe v4 found it much easier to use.

She browsed the Internet, Used e-mail, Typed a few Open-Office docs, played a few games, Instant Messaged, listened to music at the same time.

She literally had NO problems using XFCe4. None. Nada. Zippo. Zilch.

She likes XFCe v4 better than GNOME or KDE. This just boggled my mind.

I asked her if she got to do everything she wanted Last night and this morning. She said she noticed I upgraded and likes it MUCH better. She customized the crap out of it already. Rather than the default XFCE theme, she is using the RedHat Bluecurve, with WASP Icons and coloring. And a Nice Flowered background.

All without my help. BTW, she has a Stock GNOME2.x Desktop and she doesn't want to learn how to. XFCE was just easy.

Post #149,358 by folkert 3/30/04 10:42:22 AM Reply	Thanks... NOW YOU TELL ME. or XFCe v4 is Nice! I discovered that yesterday too :) Currently at home I am using XFCe4. Almost kinda glad to get a change. I think the GNOME Team could take some pointers from XFCe. First off, my wife as a long time Windows User (before my conversion and at work now) and GNOME user, now using XFCe v4 found it much easier to use. She browsed the Internet, Used e-mail, Typed a few Open-Office docs, played a few games, Instant Messaged, listened to music at the same time. She literally had NO problems using XFCe4. None. Nada. Zippo. Zilch. She likes XFCe v4 better than GNOME or KDE. This just boggled my mind. I asked her if she got to do everything she wanted Last night and this morning. She said she noticed I upgraded and likes it MUCH better. She customized the crap out of it already. Rather than the default XFCE theme, she is using the RedHat Bluecurve, with WASP Icons and coloring. And a Nice Flowered background. All without my help. BTW, she has a Stock GNOME2.x Desktop and she doesn't want to learn how to. XFCE was just easy. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* I did a 10K wheelchair race once. The NTMFAC who pushed me still has the whip-marks.
Post #149,367 by bepatient 3/30/04 11:35:43 AM Reply	xfce is still my desktop of choice If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #149,381 by drewk 3/30/04 12:55:55 PM Reply	How to switch? Using gnome here (debian of course). How do I switch? My work machine uses gdm, home machine uses xdm, both gnome, so I'm not sure how the changes would be different for each. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #149,385 by pwhysall 3/30/04 1:16:16 PM Reply	man update-alternatives, look in /etc/alternatives update-alternatives --config <thing> Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #149,386 by drewk 3/30/04 1:26:50 PM Reply	That's what I thought, but ... I had assumed I'd just change from gdm to something else, except that my home box is using xdm. If I just change to xfce that will work for both of them? === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #149,403 by folkert 3/30/04 3:33:42 PM Reply	Should! That's about it! Implicitly condoning stupidity -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* 'In view of the fact that Microsoft is a condemned monopolist and on the other hand the internal messages and financial transactions of SCO look ever doubtful, Microsoft should be really anxious that to the own company something does not remain sticking from the Gestank of the SCO.' --Plagarized from [link\|http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040322133607169\|GROKLAW]

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