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Which Linux desktop for long time OS/2 users?

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Dave Yeo:
It's one of the things that I find irritating about the various Linux desktop environments, this forcing everything to open in the centre of the desktop. In theory you could pass -geometry x y IIRC to force where to open but wouldn't be surprised geometry is ignored.
Another irritation is associating an icon with a program, which seems non-trivial.

Heikki Kekki:
I am using Xcfe desktop mostly via FreeRDP. Just tryed it, File manager opens same as last time, same with Firefox.

pagetelegram:
#!++ or Bunsenlabs is my go to. They both forked from a join project Crunchbang [#!]

It uses openbox which is easy on resources and comes reconfigured with tools reminiscent of OS/2's unique utilitarian nature with similar type customization that I think you will enjoy.

I have been using the #! and forks since 2015. I have not looked back except for Pop!OS for video editing with Davinci Resolve. I don't like when a kernel updates and kicks nVidia driver to the curb causing the system to produce a boot loop due to monitor settings conflicts. Otherwise I'd be using #!++ / Bunsenlab Linux 100%.

Ibrahim Hakeem:
For general computing, GNUStep(Windowmaker) works quite well for me. For certain applications that otherwise don't play well, XFCE is my go-to.

pagetelegram:

--- Quote from: Ibrahim Hakeem on August 13, 2024, 08:13:29 pm ---For general computing, GNUStep(Windowmaker) works quite well for me. For certain applications that otherwise don't play well, XFCE is my go-to.

--- End quote ---

I recall using it and its support for multi-screens was non-existent or buggy at best.

I use WindowMaker Live on one of my laptops....been a while since I fired it up --- though it is setup without multiscreen support in mind. ie extended desktop. WindowMaker goes weird when you force extended between more than one screen with arandr.

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