Re: Default window manager

[Andreas Hyden <andreas hyden telia com>]

Tom Gilbert wrote:

> * Andreas Hyden (andreas.hyden@telia.com) wrote:
> > "Christopher T. Lansdown" wrote:
> > Any proof?
> > I nooticed it my self.. and all people I know..
> > One of Gnome's goals is to provide a desktop environment
> > for beginners...
> > When for instance a beginner install it and use enlightenmnent they noticed
> > that the memory isn't enough and it's slow... and they think. "Gnome is
> > slow and buggy, better to use KDE instead".
> > Why don't just replace enlightenment with another wm?
> >
> > /Andy
>
> Sorry to disagree, but e is currently using about 3.2Mb right now,
> with a beautiful desktop background, a pager, 2 iconboxes, and a
> partridge in a pair tree ;)
>
> If I sort by processor useage, e doesn't even come in the top 10, even
> with the pager refreshing at 60 lines per second.
>
> I admit I have a reasonable system spec, but having delved into the
> code running e, its as slick as hell.
>
> btw, I'm currently running 0.16.devel.5
>
> Also, in terms of appearances, and ease for beginners, I think you do
> not realise exactly _how_ configurable e is. You can make it look and
> *feel* however you like, from the incredibly complex, to the
> ridiculously simple. That is the principle behind its development, and
> a worthy one.
>
> Why not just suggest a new theme, a specially designed theme to be the
> Gnome default. This seems a much more reasonable suggestion.
>
> Anyway, if you don't like it, you know what to do. I can currently
> change the wm Gnome uses by clicking my mouse button 4 times. (As if
> I'd want to) not too hard is it?
>
> PS. All the beginners I know who installed gnome/e said nothing about
> slow, buggy. Coming from Windows 9x and NT, they all said "wow",
> "gorgeous", "responsive", "gimme", or else they just kind of gawped
> until I nudged them.
>
> Most are still occasionally seen gawping even now, as am I ;)
>
> Tom.
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Ok, I have never tested the latest snapshot of enlightenment.. but I belive
you..