Comments on: Gnome, Enlightenment and Ubuntu

By: shouldtryagain

shouldtryagain — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:14:36 +0000

Should try again – I use to look down at software that did not work first try but I must say that I try E17 here and there and now it is my default – very nice, snappy – depending on what modules you try to install and the setup panel is now running smooth enough to set quite a few options, override themes, combine themes…etc. Just my 2 cents.

By: Truly great stuff « Motho ke motho ka botho

Truly great stuff « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:02:59 +0000

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By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:23:08 +0000

I suppose the one nice thing about using WordPress.com for hosting is that in this case, I get to blame those 15 bugs on them.

By: thealphanerd

thealphanerd — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:10:45 +0000

Yeah. Getting the new version of Midori from getdeb.net helps.

By: Naiki Muliaina

Naiki Muliaina — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:07:12 +0000

@ thealphanerd

Have a look in Ubuntu forums Cafe and find the Midori thread. Theres a link to the new webkit repo. I found upgrading webkit added a lot of stability to Midori. Well, guessing webkit is what crashes more than Midori, but you know what i mean ^^

By: LeoSolaris

LeoSolaris — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:10:32 +0000

I checked out OpenGEU a while back and I have to agree. It’s pretty, but just not my cup of tea even with customizations. I tried E17 on my Arch install for a couple of weeks, and it just never felt quite right. Although, I loved the menu-on-mouse-click-on-desktop thing. In the end, I ended up on Openbox. It’s a good mix of “pretty” while still being actually functional.

By: thealphanerd

thealphanerd — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:56:45 +0000

Maybe the now-slow Xubuntu Jaunty? Too bad the Wubi devs are quite rude about implementing Ubuntu alternate.

By: celettu

celettu — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:22:15 +0000

I hear you. I like Enlighhtenment as long as I have to do nothing except staring at the screen. As soon as I actually have to start doing some work, all the prettyness is in the way.

By: thealphanerd

thealphanerd — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:15:49 +0000

It also works in Midori, except Midori crashes on scripts, plugins, and using the mouse wheel for scrool. When Midori crashes though, it just, closes!

By: armornick

armornick — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:12:44 +0000

You are not alone. I tried out its hardy release once and I immediately thought it was too cluttered. You know it’s a bad thing if you can’t tell what several buttons on the main panel do. I’m not one for too much graphical effects, though.
Btw, you’ve totally addicted me on lightweight apps, and I wanted to tell you that your site works perfectly even in dillo (though it mentions 15 bugs).