On Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:33:47 +0100 "mick.crane" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2025-09-05 12:20, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > > On Sunday, August 31st, 2025 at 2:54 AM, Dan Ritter > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > >> > >> > If I want XFCE desktop environment, I need to do a lot with the > >> > terminal? > >> > >> > >> No. Almost everything about XFCE is configurable through its > >> control panel / settings manager. > >> > >> -dsr- > > > > Nice. > > I'd consider a desktop environment as a thing offering a menu to > start a program you want to use and so the simpler the better. > XFCE is grand. There was some effort to find where to change font > sizes in the windows and terminal but I think that's it. > mick > There's at least one window manager that displays a completely empty screen. You right click anywhere and get the same menu that a DE shows you. DEs are for icons, clocks, one-click program launchers, status displays and all the other furniture you see, and they all have little peculiarities which are either the best thing ever, or totally unacceptable. -- Joe
