I can't speak for anyone else, but the main reason I don't use mate or Gnome, or any other full Desktop Environment is because I have no need for the majority of the functionality a DE provides, and am happy doing nearly every thing from the Linux console with a console screen reader. Heck, if I ever found a text-only web browser that was a decent replacement for Firefox, I'd probably ditch the GUI altogether. The only reason I use a Window Manager at all is because the script I use to launch a stripped down xsession for just Firefox and Orca requires a window manager and it being my understanding that while you can run a single GUI app without a Window Manager, any child windows created will be inaccessible without a Window Manager... I'm currently using flwm as my window manager, not because of any specific features, but because it has the fewest dependencies and smallest disc usage of the Window managers I've tried with the aforementioned script that works with Firefox+Orca with a completely default config for the window manager(can't remember which, but there was at least one window manager I tried that was smaller than flwm, but resulted in Orca and Firefox being completely unresponsive). That said, the question seems a bit out of place... After all, one of Linux's biggest selling points is that it gives you options as to how you interact with your computer instead of trying to force you into doing things the way the OS maker wants you to do things, and the ability to choose between the many full-featured Desktop Environments and the even greater number of stand alone window managers is part of that. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list