[GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

Michael Galea michael at galeahome.ca
Tue Jul 25 16:58:47 EDT 2023


Xfce on Debian 11 for MythTv (boots directly to the Myth screen in ~ 10S)
KDE on debian 12 on my personal system and laptop

On 7/25/23 14:18, mwilson--- via talk wrote:
> I just installed Debian 12 on a new laptop and took Gnome as
> desktop/window manager.
> 
> I really insist on something more Xerox PARC style.
> 
> I had been using Xfce, and liked it until (following Debian 10 software
> updates) it began to act strangely.  A few months ago it started to kick
> up a huge fuss about difficulties starting the Panel after a restart.
> About 2 weeks back, following an upgrade, the Desktop area stopped
> displaying anything -- no wallpaper, no icons from the Desktop folder --
> just gray.  That prompted this move to Debian 12.
> 
> I might go back to Xfce, and assume my troubles just resulted from being 2
> major releases back, but before that, what do other people use and like?
> 
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