Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/26/2014 04:35 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >> >> Depending on what you don't like about current Fedoras, you might try >> out the XFCE or Mate desktops. They provide an experience similar to >> Gnome 2. If you have an old graphics card, you will want to use kdm or >> lxdm instead of gdm. > > If you pick Xfce, lightdm is probably your best choice, as it's the one > you'd get if you did a clean install with Xfce as your only DM. Using gdm > pulls in a considerable amount of Gnome cruft, and kdm probably does the > equivalent. I wrote about Fedora use on servers in the context of Heartbleed bug. On desktop, of course, I'm using Xfce now (as I was old Gnome 2 user) and my friends (which not upgrade their own Fedora distras frequently and then skipped the gap between Gnome 2 and Mate) are using Mate now. With lightdm, because it has possibility to choice session language, which option isn't in gdm (despite the gnome 3 ballast, as You type). -- Franta Hanzlik -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
