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**TwinVega** · January 29, 2003, 09:20

That gui looks pretty damn cool to me, I just recently started using slack and use kde. I think I'm going to download dropline gnome, I looked at all the screen shots and noticed it looked like a window with transperancy.....it is either really transperant, or they are trying to fool me. I think it's the second.

**blackwave** · January 29, 2003, 09:31

Originally posted by TwinVega
I looked at all the screen shots and noticed it looked like a window with transperancy.....it is either really transperant, or they are trying to fool me. I think it's the second.

It is a mixture of both... the term window will constantly update the desktop background so there is the illusion of transparency... but in reality if you were to put an application under the term you would still only get the updated desktop as if the app in the background did not exist... and depending on how fast your machine is there may be an obvious lag in the term background updating :)... still very nice, I think they are planning to go with full transparency in the future.

**DaScriptor** · January 29, 2003, 14:25

Knome rules! (im a GUI guy) If only the person who made etheral and etherape made more...!

**octalpus** · January 29, 2003, 16:05

I've heard quite a few discussions of Dropline Gnome around #slackware, and so far, no one has complained yet. It definitely looks pretty slick, and everyone I've heard talking about it is rather impressed by it, especially the ease of installation.

Personally, I'm trying to scale back a bit... I was thinking about moving to Blackbox or IceWM.

**blackwave** · January 29, 2003, 16:09

Originally posted by octalpussy
Personally, I'm trying to scale back a bit... I was thinking about moving to Blackbox or IceWM.

Any reason to do this?
Are there any advantages/disadvantages?

**simple3** · January 29, 2003, 17:54

I recently switched to fluxbox, although I couldn't tell you the difference between it and blackbox/hackedbox, or any othe blackbox derivative. I like if. I don't really use any of the crap that comes with either gnome or KDE, so why put up with it bringing some of my boxes to a crawl.

--simple3

**skroo** · January 29, 2003, 18:01

X Window Manager of choice...

Windowmaker. Chock full o' NeXTStep-like goodness, and not a resource hog.

**DaScriptor** · January 29, 2003, 19:49

There is one primary reason for using gnome: GAMES.

Linux, in my opion sucks when your not connected the net! So, i use all the games! Lov'n 'em!

KTron, JezzBall, Statego!, backgamon,

yet, for some reason i have never been able to get TuxRacer to work! Damm!

Anyone have the debain dist? I love it, .... apt-get <name>

Call me a nOOb if ya want :D

**octalpus** · January 29, 2003, 22:08

Originally posted by blackwave
Any reason to do this?
Are there any advantages/disadvantages?

The advantage would be performance. My little laptop really can't handle KDE and still keep up with everything else I'm asking it to do.

The disadvantage would be that they're not "pretty". They don't have the bubbly litle toolbar with the cutesy icons for everything you want. They're very minimalistic, just a step up from console. It gives enough of a WM for comfort, but not so much that your system is bogged down. Sure, they're customiseable, but in the end, they're going to be much more streamlined and barebones then the pretty "eye-candy" GUIs.

**ck3k** · January 31, 2003, 09:30

about linux games someone forgot to mention FROZEN BUBBLE....:D As for the thread, I use KDE mostly, GNOME is nice, but is to happy and cute......:p

**simple3** · January 31, 2003, 16:54

GNOME is more happy and cute than KDE??

--simple3

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