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« on: November 30, 2010, 05:44:41 PM » |
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As the subject says, OK, what is the difference between MiniMe/ZenMini/LXDE/XFCE/E17/Openbox? I wish I had time to play w/ them but who does. I understand the dif MiniMe/Zen but the rest?
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2010, 05:59:12 PM » |
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As the subject says, OK, what is the difference between MiniMe/ZenMini/LXDE/XFCE/E17/Openbox? I wish I had time to play w/ them but who does. I understand the dif MiniMe/Zen but the rest?
They all use different desktop environments by default. You can also add other DEs to them all. MiniMe is a minimal KDE install; ZenMini is a minimal Gnome install. Both are minimal: don't install them if you don't have any idea what else you might need. Do try them out if you do and need to save disk space. LXDE and XFCE are good alternative desktops for people who find KDE and Gnome a bit resource hungry. E17 is the most elegant of all the desktop environments, but still a bit buggy. Openbox I have never tried. |
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2010, 06:03:01 PM » |
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Hi, Xfce : Xfce4 desktop. Lxde : Lxde desktop E17 : E17 desktop Openbox : not a desktop, but several applications and configurations that make it look like a desktop. You can see more complete descriptions at theses pages: http://www.pclinuxos.comLook at the right and click on the links that are under: KDE Desktop
Enlightenment Desktop
XFCE Desktop
LXDE Desktop
Gnome ZenMini Desktop
OpenBox Desktop
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2010, 06:04:12 PM » |
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Basically, different windows managers; a matter of personal preference. Think of it as a group of related distros; one of which will likely meet your needs - and all of them are PCLOS.
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2010, 12:00:16 PM » |
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Hi, Xfce : Xfce4 desktop. Lxde : Lxde desktop E17 : E17 desktop Openbox : not a desktop, but several applications and configurations that make it look like a desktop. You can see more complete descriptions at theses pages: http://www.pclinuxos.comLook at the right and click on the links that are under: KDE Desktop
Enlightenment Desktop
XFCE Desktop
LXDE Desktop
Gnome ZenMini Desktop
OpenBox Desktop
Gnome Desktop Thaks for the reply. I acutually did look at of those descriptons side by side but on the xfce and LXDE but the descriptions sounded like two different people describing the same product using the same buzz words. Sorry for the the way this is comming out . I am having trouble typeing this. every time I strick a key the window scrolls up to just below the quote and where I am typing dorps off tout of the window so I'm typing blind. Luckily I can touch type. kinda. |
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2011, 10:22:27 AM » |
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Anybody knows the difference between LXDE and LXDE mini editions?
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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2011, 12:00:58 PM » |
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Yes, a few Megabytes.  (Neal knows, when he will come by here, he may answer, under his strange roman name... ) |
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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2011, 03:29:59 PM » |
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Yeah, I noticed the "few megabytes", but I'm more interested about differences in terms of features or packages |
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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2011, 08:22:57 PM » |
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Thaks for the reply. I acutually did look at of those descriptons side by side but on the xfce and LXDE but the descriptions sounded like two different people describing the same product using the same buzz words. Sorry for the the way this is comming out . I am having trouble typeing this. every time I strick a key the window scrolls up to just below the quote and where I am typing dorps off tout of the window so I'm typing blind. Luckily I can touch type. kinda.
LXDE and xfce are two completely different desktops. Although I am supplying links to the websites, it is only for clarification of the differences. If you want to run PCLinuxOS with a particular desktop, use the proper .ISO that has been supplied.  http://www.lxde.org/http://www.xfce.org/ |
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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2011, 08:59:15 PM » |
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Openbox : not a desktop, but several applications and configurations that make it look like a desktop. Openbox is a window manager that can operate within a desktop environment performing its tasks, or on its own as an independent unit. It seems to have taken over from the likes of blackbox and fluxbox; all members of the "box" family. If you want a clean, fast, uncluttered, "nude" computing experience then try it out. PCLinuxOS has its own home-grown version - http://www.pclinuxos.com/?page_id=542 For more info on Openbox go to http://openbox.org/. |
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2011, 09:05:44 PM » |
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Yeah, I noticed the "few megabytes", but I'm more interested about differences in terms of features or packages cafeina, your comment is being overlooked because this is skikir's thread. Open a new topic for your concerns *just a friendly suggestion, someone may still reply* |
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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2011, 10:39:28 PM » |
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The difference is: Zen-mini is the finest operating system known to man, utilizing Gnome which is of course, the best, most stable and bug-free DE ever devised.  Zen, the true mini, the very embodiment of choice, which is the hallmark of linux and libre software itself...freedom to choose |
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« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2011, 12:49:44 AM » |
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More information about enlightenment: http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about&l=ene17 is the best looking of all light desktops but very different. The full version uses mostly qt/kde applications, the light version has light gtk apps. |
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« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2011, 01:36:49 PM » |
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More information about enlightenment: http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about&l=ene17 is the best looking of all light desktops but very different. The full version uses mostly qt/kde applications, the light version has light gtk apps. Yes, the light one is certainly the right one |
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