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It was dismissed as a toy, but I found it very productive. I use a fluxbox desktop, and don't want, what I consider to be toys, comprising the bling features of gnome and KDE. I just want a user, text, configurable menu system, with no automatic anything. To me these calls that \"it works don't fix it\", just demonstrate how people have almost exclusively used typical M$ and appl", "context": "long-time *nix desktop user", "use_case": "daily desktop environment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop"}, {"id": 795313362, "item_id": 49707085, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49707085", "by": "rpdillon", "date": "2026-09-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Debian/Ubuntu/Arch with IceWM or Fluxbox (or the like) works great.", "excerpt": "Meta-topic: I've seen this comment many times over the years, and it never results in a discussion where folks can agree. My reaction reading it is \"You must be holding it wrong!\" because I daily-drive Linux in many more ways than one (servers, laptops, desktops, handhelds (Hackberry Pi), SBCs, and, Valve-willing, VR headsets), and adore the Linux desktop. I use Pop!_OS almost everywhere, but Debian/Ubuntu/Arch with ", "context": "", "use_case": "window manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft patches Windows and Excel \u2013 breaks audio, remote access, and paste"}, {"id": 783302768, "item_id": 48956423, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956423", "by": "anthk", "date": "2026-07-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Flubox+UXTerm+a bunch of CLI/TUI tools among mpv, nsxiv and mupdf.", "excerpt": "HP mini there, with ZRAM it's really fast. I use Flubox+UXTerm+a bunch of CLI/TUI tools among mpv, nsxiv and mupdf. The OS I use it's hyperbola GNU/Linux, A bit outdated but most modern stuff it's compiled from source. For gaming I have mednafen, frotz, pcsxr, Flare RPG (git), GearHead 1 and 2 and a few more. 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I used it regularly from 2004-2005 (which I admit was a very long time ago now) on my graphite G4, because support was very good for PowerPC. But then one day emerge suggested I update glibc. I don\u2019t know if I botched the update or if it really was suggested in error, but I was just starting my studies in CS so I did not know what that particular \u201clibrary\u201d did and said yes. Th", "context": "", "use_case": "window manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Last rites for Gentoo's Chromium package"}, {"id": 797418800, "item_id": 49838675, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49838675", "by": "johnea", "date": "2026-09-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use a fluxbox desktop", "excerpt": "I liked the rotating 3D menuing system. It was dismissed as a toy, but I found it very productive. I use a fluxbox desktop, and don't want, what I consider to be toys, comprising the bling features of gnome and KDE. I just want a user, text, configurable menu system, with no automatic anything. To me these calls that \"it works don't fix it\", just demonstrate how people have almost exclusively used typical M$ and appl", "context": "long-time *nix desktop user", "use_case": "daily desktop environment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop"}, {"id": 795313362, "item_id": 49707085, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49707085", "by": "rpdillon", "date": "2026-09-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Debian/Ubuntu/Arch with IceWM or Fluxbox (or the like) works great.", "excerpt": "Meta-topic: I've seen this comment many times over the years, and it never results in a discussion where folks can agree. My reaction reading it is \"You must be holding it wrong!\" because I daily-drive Linux in many more ways than one (servers, laptops, desktops, handhelds (Hackberry Pi), SBCs, and, Valve-willing, VR headsets), and adore the Linux desktop. I use Pop!_OS almost everywhere, but Debian/Ubuntu/Arch with ", "context": "", "use_case": "window manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft patches Windows and Excel \u2013 breaks audio, remote access, and paste"}, {"id": 783302768, "item_id": 48956423, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956423", "by": "anthk", "date": "2026-07-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Flubox+UXTerm+a bunch of CLI/TUI tools among mpv, nsxiv and mupdf.", "excerpt": "HP mini there, with ZRAM it's really fast. I use Flubox+UXTerm+a bunch of CLI/TUI tools among mpv, nsxiv and mupdf. The OS I use it's hyperbola GNU/Linux, A bit outdated but most modern stuff it's compiled from source. For gaming I have mednafen, frotz, pcsxr, Flare RPG (git), GearHead 1 and 2 and a few more. Oh, and Scummvm with games from Blade Runner to Ultima I-IV, Technobabylon, Virtuaverse, The Longest Journey,", "context": "HP Mini netbook user", "use_case": "window manager on old netbook", "switched_from": "", "story": "Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux"}]}