On 09/01/2011 04:11 PM, Alan Cox wrote: >> Would someone please tell me.. Why is F-15 such a mess..? The worst >> thing is the jumbled up desktop.. > > The great thing about Linux is that the desktop is not wired into the > system. The great thing about Fedora is it supports and packages many > desktops. > > So > > yum groupinstall Xfce > > exit to the graphical login, set the desktop type in the options to Xfce, > log back in. > > Xfce is a traditional desktop, complete with sharp edges you can cut > yourself on rather than a padded cell like Gnome 3. It is actually more > configurable than Gnome 2.x in many ways as well as a lot faster and > lighter on memory. > > If you really want everything to just get out of the way and don't need > the user niceness stuff you might also want to look at Enlightement > > yum search enlightenment > > Alan Here's my desktop, using XFCE and Avant Window Navigator. I stopped using Gnome Shell not because I don't like it but because it's unstable on my system. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/el89OuwhilZBUiv4E62nkA?feat=directlink -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
