On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:55:32 -0500 "Hugh Reilly" <hughreilly1-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

Does anybody have any experiences with these or any rationale why these are or might be "GUI paradise" for the Linux user?

I don't personally use the complete ROX desktop, but from what I've read on the list and the site, and from using what started it all, ROX Filer, it's all built around very serious simplicity and ease-of-use. It's very light on resources, comes with a plethora of very useful apps, like Archive, Edit, Memo (a calendar and scheduling app), Session, etc. See this page for more on the "modus" of ROX. It is actually supposed to be an implementation of a RISC OS-like desktop on X, hence the name. http://rox.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/WhatIsRox There are some great shots on the Wiki of various aspects of ROX in use. Even if you don't use the desktop, though, the filer kicks ass. It beats Nautilus and Konqueror all to hell for speed and simplicity, and has many advanced features I haven't even explored. You should also check out XFCE4, which is a bit more "familiar" than ROX, ie. it is similar to running, say, Gnome, but a *lot* lighter. http://www.xfce.org/ I don't know what distro you are using, but it should be easy to install from either Debian or Mandrake. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums who can't and those in cemeteries.-- Everett Dirksen -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml