Dear Sean,
I think there have been a few somewhat related threads in the past. Here
are a few comments:
On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:38:02 -0400,Sean Allen
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] [1.1 ] No right answer here. Just looking for information/advice about desktop environment integration.
I've been using xmonad for about 16 months now and loving it. I currently use it integrated with gnome 2. About the only things I use gnome for are:
gtk/desktop theming.
As far as I can tell, I've never used this.
easier multiple monitor setup.
Hummm... I've found xrandr, from the command line, to be much more user friendly and configurable than any gui interface I've seen.
less x hassles.
basically, has a shortcut to getting the basics configured.
I'm going to be moving on from that machine soon and I'm trying to decide what to do.
xmonad w/
nothing? <-- and handle all of the above issues manually
I'd go that route. But then, I do not think there are those many issues. And gnome and kde introduce a huge amount of extra stuff. In some replies to your question, the issues of power management and network connections are discussed in detail. My 2 cents here. The network issue has been discussed in this list recently; I do use network manager (I start if from .xinitrc), so I am forced to install a whole bunch of gnome components, but I do not need to run gnome (though I have to use either kdm or gdm as display manager). For power management, I make calls to acpi from xmobarr to show battery status, and I also have sleepd running (suspend to disk when battery below 2%); I also have acpi configured so that closing the lid suspends to ram, and the special "Fn + moon icon key" calls s2both; so, in summary, I do not need any gnome or kde here. Hope this helps, R.
gnome 2? gnome 3? kde?
Problems using any of the above? Suggestions based on what I really care about with using gnome for best things to use? Seriously considering just going w/ xmonad but I really do like the little layer of 'not x' that I get with a gnome or kde or xfce etc.
Thanks. -Sean- [1.2
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] _______________________________________________ xmonad mailing list xmonad@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/xmonad -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Department of Biochemistry, Lab B-25 Facultad de Medicina Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Arzobispo Morcillo, 4 28029 Madrid Spain
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