From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SgLDO-0008TU-Qt for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:32:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73275E06F9; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:32:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8ED8E06D6 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:31:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjk13 with SMTP id jk13so3958411bkc.40 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:31:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=OQNOkvra40y8BjOFzInoyvJb+QRQXLWneyqdu+BC2yk=; b=Gmzah7H3QdaXqMwbMtxZ9ZIjDH78lzHehrtzpbZX6OEh7v62k/JeJNnDR7ra6bZs9J yaYnfupEP5Fkj7zF4vsMy9Ubjt5YCzvfZ2ZhDOnwtpfBVxR5ztT/0Y99I1KlWPRQC575 ZqCiidLSY8BUyzurGwM0619umt7p7O/jMj2cDRgicQDC5fpFOBDEmP2H3OsteZsYAqkV dQTlp73+6KlCye5mSSr4pGjP7nZOxWuWfuL8t0Yc79BSrA6XjfX01Xi56MB/vQxVTF9e KxHmWjk01b5Nz0bJpSYVAZZloV5X7hSMCMWt7G/rFz2HU4j54sAp80ATUhV2ezAAde3Z OuHA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.151.82 with SMTP id b18mr5413937bkw.132.1339961475943; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:31:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.42.207 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:31:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:31:15 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 872357e6-f984-4523-808a-cbad4b491789 X-Archives-Hash: 73e6fcba1d20fe672b9e19d2bcbb1663 On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > So, while we're meta-discussing Linus' rant on Gnome3, here's an article > from TechRadar exploring the usability of the leading Linux desktop > environments. > > http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/whats-the-best-linux-desktop-environment-1045280 > > Summary: Try the latest KDE. You might get pleasantly surprised. For me? I like using awesomewm where I can, though sometimes I switch to XFCE where useful. KDE isn't bad, except for compile times; I'm not enough of a KDE power user to really be affected by the differences between KDE3 and KDE4. I tend to recommend LXDE, XFCE or GNOME to Linux newcomers, depending on where they're coming from. LXDE is an excellent choice if the newbie hails from WinXP, for example. XFCE is reasonable for Mac or late-model Windows users. GNOME (either 2 or 3) is reasonable for low-end users. I don't deal with many "I don't want to touch it" users, but for those, I found netbook-oriented window managers work best. The less the user has to think about the interface, the more they can get on to complaining about apps. -- :wq