[GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

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On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:22:32 -0300
Mauro Souza via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> 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).
> 

ooh +1 

for me Xfce is light, fast and effective

> 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.
> 
agreed! also found this very very easy to do

> 
> 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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