alternative desktops?

[samjc3]

are there any more "desktoppy", window's esque desktops that can be installed on maemo? i want to keep maemo, i just want a 'standard' desktop. anything like that?

[qole]

PenguinBait released a full KDE desktop. There are lots of threads (http://talk.maemo.org/tags.php?tag=kde) in the Alternatives forum (http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=36) (where this thread should probably be, too), but here's a good one to start with (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=20317).

Easy Debian comes with an LXDE desktop, which is sort of Gnome Lite.

There are also some other very lightweight desktops, like FVWM.

[samjc3]

i read through all of those, and they all seem to need "boot from sd". i dont have an sd card, so are there any of these that dont need an sd card?

[jaem]

Probably not. The internal flash of the N8x0 is rather small (256MB), and most of the alternative desktops take up a fair bit of room. You'll want to pick up an SD card at some point, though, anyhow. 8GB cards can be found from dealers such as NCIX (http://ncix.com) for <$30 on sale these days, and a 2-4GB card would probably be enough for some of the options.

EDIT: I stand corrected

[meizirkki]

i read through all of those, and they all seem to need "boot from sd". i dont have an sd card, so are there any of these that dont need an sd card?

Yes, PenguinBait's IceWM is small enough for the internal flash.

[timsamoff]

SD cards are not all that expensive:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=4020

Tim