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Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

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azrielle
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#101 Post by azrielle »

I personally find KDE's stock interface...ANNOYING. Prefer XFCE. Not to mention the fact that KDE requires about 3 times the RAM to run it (as compared to XFCE). Memory Comparison--pay particular attention to the Bottom Bar Graph
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#102 Post by lucky9 »

Memory is cheap. I'm running 8 GB on my old Daily Driver. Along with 240 GB SSD. 16 GB on a newer machine. With a 120 GB SSD. Interfaces are like food preferences. What you are used to and what's convenient. I have nothing against XFCE except less familiarity. It works fine and certainly doesn't 'annoy' me. It is a very good choice for the default MX.
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azrielle
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#103 Post by azrielle »

Memory is only cheap if your damn system allows you to add it! Which most netbooks do not--beyond 2 GB that is.
Therefore, MY PRIORITIES have to be the lightest resource usage possible while still remaining useful and useable. KDE and Gnome3 are comparable on my netbooks to running Windows 3.1 on a 1MB 80286--the only thing you could do on it was play Solitaire in outline mode, after waiting 10 minutes for it to load!
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yop
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#104 Post by yop »

eselma wrote:
yop wrote: But again, not everybody wishes to modify their menus.
Of course, this is only my humble opinion, perhaps your is better.
if we take out every single app which someone might not want to use (using your suggestion), then we end up with busybox and vi as the only executables in the distro.

but that is just IHMHO.

yop
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#105 Post by yop »

azrielle wrote:I personally find KDE's stock interface...ANNOYING. Prefer XFCE. Not to mention the fact that KDE requires about 3 times the RAM to run it (as compared to XFCE). Memory Comparison--pay particular attention to the Bottom Bar Graph
I find it annoying, IHMO, if things that are quick to do in KDE are impossible to do in xfce, and those are in no short supply. starts with rearranging the main menu... :lipsrsealed:

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eselma
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#106 Post by eselma »

yop wrote:
eselma wrote:
yop wrote: But again, not everybody wishes to modify their menus.
Of course, this is only my humble opinion, perhaps your is better.
if we take out every single app which someone might not want to use (using your suggestion), then we end up with busybox and vi as the only executables in the distro.

but that is just IHMHO.
If you read accurately my post, it was about to ADD two applications (installed by the user), not to PURGE most of them. Seems it was clear enough.
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#107 Post by Jerry3904 »

starts with rearranging the main menu...
We developed the MX Menu Editor to accomplish some of that--have you looked at it?
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yop
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#108 Post by yop »

Jerry3904 wrote:
starts with rearranging the main menu...
We developed the MX Menu Editor to accomplish some of that--have you looked at it?
yes. but k-menu-edit is way easier to use.

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lucky9
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#109 Post by lucky9 »

My Netbook is a single-core Atom with 2 GB of RAM and a 160 GB HDD. The default MX-15 and antiX run fine on it. It is not a primary system except when away from home. It is still very useful to me for remote access to the Internet.
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Re: Unofficial MX 15-64 KDE snapshot

#110 Post by Jerry3904 »

@ yop and skidoo: the Mods have decided to delete both posts as inappropriate for this Forum, and would like to remind you to keep your posts civil.
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