Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
On Wed, 21 May 2014 17:25:41 -0400
Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:12:58PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 May 2014 05:52:18 -0400
> > Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57:29AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan
> > > wrote:
> > > > thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly
> > > > terminal window. i am new to gnome and xfce.
> > > > so my question is, are all the applications from gnome will be
> > > > available in xfce, is it like a layer on the top of gnome 3. are
> > > > all gnome utilities will be available as well? like system
> > > > monitor etc.
> > > >
> > > ---end quoted text---
> > >
> > > I'd stay away from Xfce4 it hasn't had much activity from the
> > > developer for *some* time.
> > >
> >
> > I mentioned LXDE, but shutdown and reboot from menus haven't worked
> > since November (sid), as there seems to be a systemd
> > incompatibility. I got fed up calling up a terminal and entering a
> > password to shutdown my single-user workstation after a couple of
> > months, and am on Xfce at the moment.
> >
> ---end quoted text---
>
> If I remember correctly LXDE is going through a transition to Qt.
> Maybe the reason why?
>
>
Presumably so. The new version hasn't reached sid, and the old version
clearly isn't being enthusiastically maintained, so it's probably
something to avoid for a while. The Qt version can't do menu shutdown
and reboot on BSD yet...
--
Joe
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