[GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

[Mauro Souza]

I like Cinnamon and Xfce. I am currently using Xfce everywhere because it's
light, fast, and runs well on Linux under Hyper-V (that I am forced to use,
enterprise computer).

If your Xfce is misbehaving, you could download the sources, build, and use
checkinstall to create a .deb file and install it. I've done it a couple
times a while ago, and worked.


Mauro
https://www.maurosouza.com - registered Linux User: 294521
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On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 3:18 PM mwilson--- via talk <talk at gtalug.org> 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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