On Saturday 01 March 2003 13:44, Wouter van Marle wrote: > Dear Enlightenment users, > > One of my first installs of Linux, three, four years ago, was of Gnome > with highly integrated Enlightenment 15 or so. I don't remember this. > > Since about two years Mandrake comes with Sawfish or whatever - and I > have tried to install Enlightenment again, but it just doesn't work > anymore! Then I tried Enlightenment alone - also not a great success. > > So... what to do? > I loved Enlightenment. Looks nice, good configurable, and reasonably > fast compared to other window managers. > I don't need a desktop (the icons that is) > I like the taskbar with all my current open windows (I really need > something like that), > I also want multiple desktops (can't even switch trough mouse flip to > next screen now, seems to be impossible in Sawfish) > I do like some version of the start or gnome's foot menu (now a Mandrake > menu, ah whatever) with all my software more or less ordered, and those > quick start icons are also really really convenient.
middle-click on desktop? > And of course all my current software (90% Gnome, nothing KDE based) > must work. > Besides that, a good file manager, anything faster than that slow > Nautilus (slow is my only complaint, for the rest it's great, though it > is so slow!) will do. > > I would like to have a serious look at Enlightenment again. > > Is E17 good enough for that? > > Or maybe E16.5 with some of the already-stable E17 stuff? Possible? Even if enlightenment and gnome don't go together anymore (shame!) you can still run the gnome panel on Enlightenment. run "panel" or "gnome-panel" from a terminal. for a file manager: is the glory of gmc over allready? :-) Or else try endeavour mark 2. -- Frank Van Damme http://www.openstandaarden.be ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
