[GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

[Michael Hill]

GNOME on Wayland and systemd.

My first home OS was IRIX on an Indy. When I started using Linux a couple
of years later, I favoured NeXTstep lookalikes (I have a NeXTstation and a
cube but didn't get a chance to use them in production).

Mike


On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 2:19 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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