Chris's Wiki :: blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment?atomcommentsDWiki2015-05-10T19:40:08ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment.By Chris Siebenmann on /blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironmenttag:CSpace:blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment:3c7d1c9fc3b38dc40fcaef4161f1313a3202f9ebChris Siebenmann<div class="wikitext"><p>The last time I looked at KDE I was not particularly enthused for my
own peculiar reasons, but I admit that I haven't looked for a few years.
In the end I wound up <a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironmentIII">using Cinnamon</a>, and
since it works well enough (and can be <a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/CinnamonCustomizations">customized in a way that I like
very much</a>), I have little motivation to try out
yet another desktop environment.</p>
</div>2015-05-10T19:40:08ZBy KDE user on /blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironmenttag:CSpace:blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment:04c0d68d09dafe45d38818b8454367a9afab6060KDE user<div class="wikitext"><p>It's KDE time.</p>
</div>2015-05-10T15:23:21ZBy Chris Siebenmann on /blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironmenttag:CSpace:blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment:51b09bde11fdf96b667b7b32113889904611d40aChris Siebenmann<div class="wikitext"><p>I was initially very enthused about MATE, but it turns out <a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/MATEDesktopFailure">the
developers made a terrible mistake</a> that makes MATE
useless in practice, at least to me.</p>
</div>2013-06-15T21:56:46ZFrom 68.195.89.131 on /blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironmenttag:CSpace:blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment:9d50faf87ce44e59ab8f60ac57b6888e36bd1e02From 68.195.89.131<div class="wikitext"><p>a switch to wayland during the next five years seems likely, although X11 will probably run fine on top of that. is there any desktop environment on any platform that is programmable in a useful way?</p>
</div>2013-06-15T17:35:55ZFrom 138.246.85.179 on /blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironmenttag:CSpace:blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment:0c83db907bd8a3e075e63e8f6b83e71c88533950From 138.246.85.179<div class="wikitext"><p>The benefit of creating a fvwmrc even now is that you don't need to change it for the next five years (assuming Fedora sticks to X11 for that time).</p>
</div>2013-06-15T13:15:13ZFrom 149.241.16.221 on /blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironmenttag:CSpace:blog/linux/CustomLaptopEnvironment:764fbf20bff560dd9e0f9229cdd202cec1ede418From 149.241.16.221<div class="wikitext"><p>What you are suggesting doesn't seem very custom to me. There's a lot of choice in terms of desktops for Fedora these days (ironically, the Gnome 3 fiasco has led to a wider range of options). If you want to stick with your Gnome 2 habits, MATE (the Gnome 2 continuity project) is part of Fedora 18 (though the packages are an optional install).</p>
<p>Personally, I run fvwm under Fedora on my laptop (currently Fedora 18), as everywhere else. This is somewhat custom (i.e. a custom .xsession script), but there's not that much to it. The list of basic things that need to run for stuff to work is gnome-settings-daemon, polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 and pulseaudio. stalonetray hosts applets, and nm-applet has always been well-behaved. In Gnome 3, gnome-power-manager went away and gnome-settings-daemon provides the power applet instead. I don't think I've needed to change my .xsession scripts since the transition to Gnome 3 a couple of years ago.</p>
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