← Back to context Comment by hulitu 10 hours ago > desktop - an Xfce-based desktop with common toolsI would have expected OpenLook. Xfce is ugly. 4 comments hulitu Reply ptribble 10 hours ago Oh, Open Look is there too. Although I always found Open Look, like SunView before it, to be pretty unpleasant to use. ruslan 7 hours ago I would expect CDE (or NsCDE). LeFantome 3 hours ago It is not designed to be “retro”, like a toy. While it prefers many older, simpler technologies, it is designed to be used.XFCE is much more functional than CDE. LargoLasskhyfv 7 hours ago What's so ugly about it? The window decorations? The gtk-theme(which can be changed easily anyway), the file-manager, the panel(s)?
ptribble 10 hours ago Oh, Open Look is there too. Although I always found Open Look, like SunView before it, to be pretty unpleasant to use.
ruslan 7 hours ago I would expect CDE (or NsCDE). LeFantome 3 hours ago It is not designed to be “retro”, like a toy. While it prefers many older, simpler technologies, it is designed to be used.XFCE is much more functional than CDE.
LeFantome 3 hours ago It is not designed to be “retro”, like a toy. While it prefers many older, simpler technologies, it is designed to be used.XFCE is much more functional than CDE.
LargoLasskhyfv 7 hours ago What's so ugly about it? The window decorations? The gtk-theme(which can be changed easily anyway), the file-manager, the panel(s)?
Oh, Open Look is there too. Although I always found Open Look, like SunView before it, to be pretty unpleasant to use.
I would expect CDE (or NsCDE).
It is not designed to be “retro”, like a toy. While it prefers many older, simpler technologies, it is designed to be used.
XFCE is much more functional than CDE.
What's so ugly about it? The window decorations? The gtk-theme(which can be changed easily anyway), the file-manager, the panel(s)?