[Tfug] Gnome usage

[Zack Breckenridge]

I say it's not worth the hassle if you have to pull in all the dependencies
manually. I usually keep Gnome installed if it's there by default, or else
never install it, and use a "light weight" tiling window manager like dwm.

I'm not a big fan of complex GUIs anyway as I believe they tend to get in
the way more than they help. Although this requires more CLI knowledge, I
don't believe you have to be a command line super user to do basic tasks
like watch movies (mplayer /path/to/movie).

Just my .02

Zack B.
On Mar 23, 2014 1:39 AM, "erich" <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:

> I don't want the whole cow,
>
>         Just the cream. There's almost nothing of gnome
> that I use: evince (pdf reader) Image Viewer. These
> I like.
>         Totem is so restricted as to be almost useless.
> You're not allowed to view your own videos with
> it. There's some database out there, and only the
> videos on that are you allowed to see with Totem.
>
>         Enter Gnome 3.8. The amount of stuff that
> needs to be installed is mind-boggling.  Are there
> satisfied consumers of it out there? Is it worth
> the hassle?
>
> Erich
>
>
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