Any Plans for a LXDE SHIFT VERSION?

[redvamp128]

I have it installed in my ubuntu as an alternative window manager- it seems lightweight and fast. Even seems faster than XFCE (though not quite as fast as a FluxBox release). ?

http://lxde.org/

[hopp58902 Member]

LXDE rocks, with some little quirks. You'll be able to *easily* install it on Shift Linux.

[redvamp128]

Only issue I have with it on my Ubuntu is the sound configuration-- Other than that-- mainly I use it when I have to compile and want a quick fast GUI.

[hopp58902 Member]

What is your sound card. lspci or lsusb will find out. We can see if Shift will have support and if not, maybe we can put it in.

[markwolfe Veteran]

<petpeeve>

LDXE is precious little more than OpenBox. It has openbox as the window manager, and "includes" a text editor app and an image viewer. And they try to call this a "desktop environment" when it is just a simple (but nice) window manager and a couple of included apps.

So, when people ask for "LXDE", they really want openbox and some apps to edit text and view images. But I guess saying "lxde" is all the rage these days.

</petpeeve>

[hopp58902 Member]

Firefly Linux, based on Shift, will use LXDE by default.