On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:58:29 -0500 Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 04:29:58PM +0100, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I am using Devuan (2.1) + MATE DE since 08/2016... > > Now I wish to change DE but I am in doubt: XFCE or LXDE or LXQt??? > > I've used XFCE and LXQt. I hapen to be using LXQt now. I'm happy > with either. I'm also happy with Icewm. LXDE is wonderful. LXQt is great once you get it set up right, and I have some content on how to do that on Troubleshooters.Com. IceWM is lighter weight than either of those, it's wonderful in every respect except one: Its menu system sucks. If I were to seriously use IceWM, I'd incorporate Suckless Tools' dmenu to start programs, and perhaps my UMENU2 to handle other menuing situations. Note that I consider dmenu a great addition to any WM/DE, but with IceWM it's crucial. By installing LXDE, you're also installing OpenBox, which I consider the best of the bunch if you don't need a panel (The thing Bill Gates called a status bar). Once again, with OpenBox dmenu is vital. I'm not a fan of XFCE. It's kind of bloaty, and my experience on Linux (but not on OpenBSD), is that it's a little buggy. Quite useable, but it sometimes lets me down. There's a whole different genre called Tiling WM/DEs, but I assume because you speak of LXDE, LXQt and XFCE, those wouldn't interest you. Troubleshooters.Com has several articles on how to incorporate dmenu into almost any WM/DE. You only need to learn dmenu once, and then you can use it on everything. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt February 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
