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posted by n1 on Monday February 16 2015, @11:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the pics-or-gtfo dept.

joekiser writes:

I thought it this would be fun everybody. I thought it might be interesting to compare desktop screenshots and see what other SoylentNews user interfaces look like. Tiling window manager or stacking? Desktop environment or not? Are you minimalist? What operating systems are you using?

What about your phone/tablet/phablet?

I'll start: Desktop and Cellular Phone.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by DNied on Tuesday February 17 2015, @10:44AM

    by DNied (3409) on Tuesday February 17 2015, @10:44AM (#146060)

    Here goes:

    Screenshot [devio.us]

    I have no desktop, so I thought I'd show how I like to read SoylentNews.

    The window manager is Ratpoison, running on Slackware 14.0. Also starring: xterm, GNU screen, w3m, gkrellm.

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  • (Score: 2) by buswolley on Tuesday February 17 2015, @05:18PM

    by buswolley (848) on Tuesday February 17 2015, @05:18PM (#146191)

    fascinating.

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  • (Score: 1) by EmeraldBot on Tuesday February 17 2015, @08:11PM

    by EmeraldBot (2917) on Tuesday February 17 2015, @08:11PM (#146278)

    Here goes:

    Screenshot

    I have no desktop, so I thought I'd show how I like to read SoylentNews.

    The window manager is Ratpoison, running on Slackware 14.0. Also starring: xterm, GNU screen, w3m, gkrellm.

    WOW. And here I thought my setup was barren, compared to most... Also, is that an 800mhz processor? You have an awesome setup, gotta say. Looks very functional, especially if that processor really is only 800mhz...

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    • (Score: 1) by DNied on Tuesday February 17 2015, @11:02PM

      by DNied (3409) on Tuesday February 17 2015, @11:02PM (#146338)

      is that an 800mhz processor?

      Only while idle or under light load. When needed, it goes up to 2 GHz using frequency scaling. That's how I usually set it.

      • (Score: 1) by EmeraldBot on Wednesday February 18 2015, @01:52AM

        by EmeraldBot (2917) on Wednesday February 18 2015, @01:52AM (#146384)

        Only while idle or under light load. When needed, it goes up to 2 GHz using frequency scaling. That's how I usually set it.

        Ah, now I see. I thought it's top speed was 800mhz...

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        Give a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Light a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life.

  • (Score: 2) by turgid on Tuesday February 17 2015, @09:18PM

    by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 17 2015, @09:18PM (#146302) Journal

    I'm running Slackware64 14.1, but I use Window Maker [windowmaker.org], and have done since about 2001 or 2002 when AfterStep went totally mental (and a bit unstable) with ludicrous superfluous eye-candy.

    Over the years I have suffered various versions of Windows, GNOME and CDE on Solaris, Ubuntu (whatever Fischer-Price abomination that has these days), KDE (*gag*)... You name it.

    The best "desktops" - whether that's just a window manager or a full-blown environment are simple, reliable, and get out of your way when you've got things to get done.

    And don't get me started on the lack of xterm on most modern distros... They expect you to use some broken, slow, under-featured eye-candy desktop-integrated terminal, if at all.

    Now get off my lawn.