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- Subject: [SLUG] Re: Alternatives to Gnome3
- From: Richard Ibbotson <richard.ibbotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:56:16 +0000
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On Saturday 12 Nov 2011 21:21:56 Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Can anyone recommend an alternative? Something simple and minimal
> without too much ugly. Sorry I can't stand tiling WMs either.
Before Gnome 3 came along I didn't like LXDE but I've started to use
it. I find that the Avant or Cairo dock in the bottom of the screen
also helps. Leafpad as a text editor and PC Man as a file manager.
XFCE can be good. Thunar is a good file manager. Lot of people out
there don't like Gnome 3.
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Richard
www.sheflug.org.uk