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nirvanix

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From: Saskatoon

Registered: 2005-01-31

Posts: 193

What desktop for Eee pc?

What's everybody using on the Eee PC? KDE, Gnome, or something else? Is KDE fast enough?

Last edited by nirvanix (2008-12-22 21:49:35)

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initbox

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Registered: 2008-09-27

Posts: 172

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Ratpoison. Makes it convenient.

patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Yes, I would definitely put ratpoison + dmenu + ratmenu + dzen gadgets there.

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Theomachos

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-07-31

Posts: 67

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Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Ratpoison or Stumpwm

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Nezmer

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Registered: 2008-10-24

Posts: 559

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Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

If you're looking for something user-friendly , Check out LXDE .

I'm starting to like fluxbox though (No cryptic xml files to edit) .

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tam1138

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Registered: 2007-09-10

Posts: 238

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I plan to use e17 when I get my netbook.

leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

dwm, wmii... i mean, any tiling wm may do the trick in that display even compiz may fit, if you set it up to use dmenu and not using to much icons in the desktop

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qdiesel

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Registered: 2008-05-19

Posts: 61

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I'm using kdemod3, and I like it but I really want to give tiling wm a try though

decimal

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From: Greece

Registered: 2007-06-27

Posts: 43

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I'm using XFCE.

shiinta

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Registered: 2008-12-05

Posts: 11

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Running Fluxbox on my eee 901

xcession

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From: Udon Thani, Thailand

Registered: 2008-05-07

Posts: 72

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Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I'm using Awesome on my eee701...

rsambuca

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From: Calgary, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-21

Posts: 143

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Gnome on my 900.

der_joachim

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From: the Netherlands

Registered: 2008-12-17

Posts: 143

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Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Gnome + Netbook Remix on my EEE900.

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Roberth

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From: The Pale Blue Dot

Registered: 2007-01-12

Posts: 894

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Xfce.

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AnimalMachine

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From: Wisconsin, USA

Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 6

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Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

wmii

Wintervenom

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Registered: 2008-08-20

Posts: 1,011

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Xfce.

Wittfella

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 462

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I just use a minimal xfce, no panels or icons or session management.  All I start is xfdesktop and xfwm4.

My .xinitrc

sleep 3s && conky &
xfdesktop &
exec xfwm4

Its like having a minimal openbox desktop (which I used to use) but you get a menu that updates automatically, shadows and true transparency, its great.

Cheers,
Wittfella

Last edited by Wittfella (2008-12-25 10:30:54)

Mr. Steve

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Registered: 2008-12-19

Posts: 16

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I am using OpenBox with PyPanl as of right now, going to get more in depth withiin days.

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Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I would run xmonad on it.

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flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

E17. It has a e17-module (plugin) that will make your desktop appropriate for netbooks

Last edited by flamelab (2008-12-25 15:23:08)

nirvanix

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From: Saskatoon

Registered: 2005-01-31

Posts: 193

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I just use a minimal xfce, no panels or icons or session management.  All I start is xfdesktop and xfwm4.

My .xinitrc

sleep 3s && conky &
xfdesktop &
exec xfwm4

Its like having a minimal openbox desktop (which I used to use) but you get a menu that updates automatically, shadows and true transparency, its great.

Cheers,
Wittfella

No panels or icons or session management? What does that leave you with? Just a menu?
Hey wittfella, can you post me a screenshot? thanks

Last edited by nirvanix (2008-12-25 17:02:52)

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Wittfella

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 462

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Hey nirvanix,

Yes everything can be done by the right-click menu.  xfdesktop also handles the wallpaper and keyboard bindings etc.  I added the very small dock called 'wbar' at the bottom in you want a lightweight app launcher.

At first the only thing I missed was having the time on a panel, but that is solved by doing it with conky at the top.  It really is simplicity and once you get used to it, looking at a desktop with icons and panels is just way too cluttered

Last edited by Wittfella (2008-12-26 03:04:31)

nirvanix

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From: Saskatoon

Registered: 2005-01-31

Posts: 193

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

Hey Wittfella, that looks really good! I was using LXDE but maybe I'll switch.

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frodoontop

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2004-05-18

Posts: 37

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Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I'm running KDE4 on it (900 Mhz). It works better than expected and is totally usefull.

nirvanix

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From: Saskatoon

Registered: 2005-01-31

Posts: 193

Re: What desktop for Eee pc?

I'm running KDE4 on it (900 Mhz). It works better than expected and is totally usefull.

Do you have desktop effects turned on?

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