[ale] DEs vs pure WMs

[Boris Borisov]

I was about to ask in thread this morning about who is using full
Desktop vs. window manager + useful programs (terminal, web browser,
file browser etc.)

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
> On 01/03/2013 11:00 AM, Jim Lynch wrote:
>> Cinnamon is available for 12.04.
>> http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/09/20/install-cinnamon-1-6-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts/
>
> I'm still confused as to which **useful features** any heavy DE provides that
> fvwm hasn't had since 1995 for 1/10th the bloat, or more/less?
>
> This is a serious question. Can someone please enlighten me?
>
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