True. I like lxde, but yeah a bit buggy. A better solution for me was to use icewm + fbpanel. I liked this combination much better. But after awhile, I found the best solution is icewm. True, the tray is a little buggy, but I still like it better than other combinations. If you need help ask and/or search the forums. There's a few gems to be found.

john

As much as i love Fluxbox, i really really like OpenBox, and LXDE is a great way to experience the speed of OpenBox within a friendly environment. Having said that, it's by no means perfect, and has a way to go yet..... but it's already (for me anyway) better than the whole XFCE experience. __{{emoticon}}__

Hey! What's wrong with XFCE? I just installed it again. I always seem to gravitate back to it. For me it has a good balance of function and light weight. Not near as heavy as KDE and I hate Gnome.

I totally agree. Great mid-weight WM, nice aesthetics, good functionality. I'm thinking that you might be doing am remaster with it?

Jerry wrote:I totally agree. Great mid-weight WM, nice aesthetics, good functionality. I'm thinking that you might be doing am remaster with it?

I may try. I trying to incorporate some of the scripts by anti and OU812. Because of how XFCE works some of them are not really needed. I will see how it goes. I just don't have enough time right now.

I'm running the unofficial sidux version of LXDE distro. It runs great on an old Latitude laptop with 256mb ram. There are some minor things that I notice aren't working well but it's perfect as a web/disney.com machine for my daughters.

Chris

eriefisher wrote:Hey! What's wrong with XFCE? I just installed it again. I always seem to gravitate back to it. For me it has a good balance of function and light weight. Not near as heavy as KDE and I hate Gnome.

Ooops, been away for a while... __{{emoticon}}__ XFCE is cool, and works really well, but it wins nothing in the"Good Looks" awards, and (for me at least) runs no better or faster on reasonably modern (P4 2.6ghz) hardware than Gnome. I'm currenly testing out the new version of Linux Mint (v5) on this very same machine (antiX 7.5 installed alongside) and it's just as fast and snappy as antiX, which is VERY strange and has got me totally confused. __{{emoticon}}__

The reason i think LXDE is so good, is because it's very good but still quite"Young". It also works really well with OpenBox, has LXappearance which is a great tool, and PCManFM which, for me, pretty much beats every other file manager that i've ever tried. Beats the heck out of Rox.

clivesay wrote:I'm running the unofficial sidux version of LXDE distro. It runs great on an old Latitude laptop with 256mb ram. There are some minor things that I notice aren't working well but it's perfect as a web/disney.com machine for my daughters.

Chris

Do you have a link for that at all? Sounds very interesting & i'd love to give it a try. __{{emoticon}}__

Now, now! There is nothing wrong with the way XFCE looks.

eriefisher wrote:Now, now! There is nothing wrong with the way XFCE looks.

LOL!! Thanks for that eriefisher..... Indeed, your XFCE does look rather good, and mixed with wbar as well, it's very appealing. So i guess i'll have to retract on that one. __{{emoticon}}__

I started out using XFCE when i first got into Linux, mainly because it was lighter and i prefer a lighter computing environment, making the machine as responsive as possible. Xubuntu was the first one, and i used it for ages, having a mostly good experience with it. (And Zenwalk also). But, especially with Xubuntu, it just seemed to get heavier & heavier, until in the end it was not that much different to Gnome, but without all the extras that make Gnome so good.

Since then i've tried it on many platforms, and although i still like it, i've been somewhat jaded by that experience. When i found Fluxbox/OpenBox etc, it was a real eye-opener for me, because here was something that was very light and responsive.

Then, i discovered the delights of LXDE, and it seemed to me to be the best of the XFCE type of experience, but with the speed and responsiveness of Flux/OpenBox etc. And the BIG plus for me was PCManFM, with the whole tabbed browsing thing. That just swings it for me..... If i could have Konqueror"Without" the whole KDE thing tied into it, i'd go for that everytime..... But i can't, and since i don't much care for KDE, then LXDE kind of fits the bill quite well.

That's one of the great things about Linux i guess...... you can have what works best for you. __{{emoticon}}__

DJiNN wrote: And the BIG plus for me was PCManFM, with the whole tabbed browsing thing. That just swings it for me.....

PCmanFM is my default file manager where ever i go. I too love Konq but I'm not willing to install most of KDE to get it. I wish you could get it stand alone but you would loose a lot of functionality. All well.

Is it possible to run icewm or Fluxbow in LXDE? That would really rock!

With 7.5 a lot of use is made of the LXDE tools. PCMANFM, lxappearence, etc. At least for Icewm. Pcmanfm doesn't need LXDE but it is the default file manager for it and a good choice too.