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mrviklundSep 26, 2008
KDE > Gnome
cheesepleaseSep 27, 2008
@tech: I've been using avant for a long time and it works pretty much perfectly. I've encountered one bug from time to time, which is the icons not displaying, but after an application close/open it will return to normal.
mattbdSep 27, 2008
@tech42erI've found it to be very stable in Ubuntu Hardy, but there aren't any decent plugins available for it from the Hardy repositories. You can use the Launchpad PPA's though. What I did is install Ubuntu Tweak as that can easily manage third-party repositories, and used that to add the PPA repository for Avant, so I could easily add lots more plugins. There's a great plugin for Exaile, for instance, that when you're playing an album, will replace the normal icon for Exaile with the album artwork. There's also a Stacks plugin, which can be handy.@HonoredMuleI do agree with a lot you've said about Gnome - I'm actually by nature more of a KDE guy, but I've got Kubuntu on one computer and another is dual-booting Vista and Ubuntu, and lately I've found myself using the Ubuntu install because that computer is more powerful and faster. I'm still a lot more comfortable using KDE, as it's just far better suited to the way I work.I am actually starting to use window managers rather than a full desktop more and more. IceWM is my favourite, and I do appreciate what you say about the Windows classic desktop which IceWM closely apes - it's simple and fast, and you always know where everything is. IceWM may not be pretty but it's probably the most productive desktop I've ever used.
nickpickSep 27, 2008
Thanks, that really helped. Perfectly makes sense now. :)