LXDE software

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Linux distributions + Slackware and Salix >

https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=slackel
slackel.gr

  • 2016-11-04 – Although this has isohybrid and would be trivial to get on a USB stick, with such a tiny community I don’t think I want to get into this.



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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmanfm/
was https://blog.lxde.org/category/pcmanfm/

For some reason, this is still included by default in many distributions.

It’s an awful, awful program. Its UI is such shit that I’ve still got habits to double-check where my cursor actually is before interacting. Fuck you, PCManFM. Fuck. You.

  • A component of LXDE.
  • (almost) Entirely obsoleted by SpaceFM.

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Taskbars, Application launchers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXPanel

A straightforward and capable taskbar.

I’ve used this for a long time, and it’s done the job well. I just want something similar to Windows 95.



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more coming later

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Software > Window managers >

(on Wikipedia)
http://openbox.org/wiki/Main_Page

A straightforward but powerful window manager.

Openbox has been my window manager of choice for years now. Over that time, I’ve amassed some significant knowledge which I’ll try to maintain here.
A component of LXDE.



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