Re: [orca-list] Orca and XFCE or LXDE

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

This may be a dumb question here, but how does one change the desktop
from gnome to one of these other environments? Is there some general
documentation that explains which packages to install or whatever?  I
plan a trip to the GNOME_3 Arch wiki in a little bit to see if it says
anything there as well.

On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 06:32:09AM -0400, Kyle wrote:
> With all the talk of problems with GNOME3, I've been hearing some
> fairly good reports about usability of XFCE and LXDE. I'm seriously
> considering switching to one of these environments on my system, and
> would like to know what problems I can expect from either.
>
> First, other than the desktop icon issue, what issues can I expect
> from XFCE? Will I have a working notification panel for things like
> Pidgin and Dropbox? Is Thunar mostly usable with Orca? Is there
> anything else I should be aware of with XFCE in general?
>
> About LXDE, it seems as though it's fairly new compared to XFCE.
> What problems has anyone had with it? I know there's a crash problem
> with the file manager when LXDE is started from GDM. Is this a
> common occurrance, or does it happen rather infrequently? The same
> question about panels and notification areas applies to LXDE. Will I
> be able to see my Pidgin, Dropbox, etc. there? Is there a good
> selection of applets for LXDE? Again, is there anything else I
> should be aware of about LXDE in general? Thanks for any advice
> anyone may have.
> ~Kyle
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