Fedora 15 is a lot like Windows OS's.. irritating, offensive, difficult to use with ease, nauseating to try...

[Rudolf Kastl]

2011/9/1 Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
>> Would someone please tell me..  Why is F-15 such a mess..?  The worst
>> thing is the jumbled up desktop..
>
> The great thing about Linux is that the desktop is not wired into the
> system. The great thing about Fedora is it supports and packages many
> desktops.
>
> So
>
>        yum groupinstall Xfce
>
> exit to the graphical login, set the desktop type in the options to Xfce,
> log back in.
>
> Xfce is a traditional desktop, complete with sharp edges you can cut
> yourself on rather than a padded cell like Gnome 3. It is actually more
> configurable than Gnome 2.x in many ways as well as a lot faster and
> lighter on memory.
>
> If you really want everything to just get out of the way and don't need
> the user niceness stuff you might also want to look at Enlightement
>
>        yum search enlightenment
>
> Alan

e17 will be removed from f16 because of a lack of maintainer for it
unfortunately (afaik it has been orphaned). because of that id
recommend at this point aswell to try xfce and/or lxde for a serious
work environment.

kind regards,
Rudolf Kastl

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