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 1SgIk7-0006qb-Ca for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:54:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7AA42E032F; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gg0-f181.google.com (mail-gg0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A82FE059C for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:52:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnv5 with SMTP id v5so3791228ggn.40 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:52:48 -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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=l2gxQxjrbikk4kyA+ajGjOVd4a+CzPER6TfawspUPM4=; b=e6BGvWVV9P7WbSPVpWTpopiP/CnzrEmA0PYi/bIsdOu2Q3aKiddrL0v0p6173sjx0P qQru+DHZ6K1j8v6Ta9s/wd1pDuAsovKH1k3/zMV+JeUfgiv2ogOuTn7z9zFnGSPL+K0o Px1rx1aUhx2Cf2utGM1YZX+4ZZdfcZUH7vE453pz3VJMhYpOLlHsUvimAGL2B6dSVBKy CN2aQat2mc6w7bKYTIpGn1kif1P4eh4HtKZA0aMh7xv2SHTxgANbXFF46q8vNvHtiIpW PHLJnTHeOyQhhMkTChJWXu1s258rhIEHI9FqiuAzexkD0srPlJ3HZ9MyPF34PllH5drB vLFA== 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 10.236.182.67 with SMTP id n43mr15025283yhm.66.1339951968593; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.101.107.1 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:52:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:52:48 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c27b57a7-30b4-48b3-b08a-3badc124fd0a X-Archives-Hash: cfb35cc746a2b5eb271615b62c9e6936 On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:42 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-l= inux-desktop-environment-1045280 > > Summary: Try the latest KDE. You might get pleasantly surprised. In my humble opinion, you should use whatever you actually like. You don't like GNOME? Then don't use it; and if you used it before and don't like the new version, either get involver to get it "fixed" (for whatever defintion of "fixed" you want), fork it (although maybe you should first try Unity, MATE, or Cinnamon before), or go to another desktop. I like GNOME 3, therefore I use it. I like systemd, therefore I use it. I like Emacs, therefore I use it. If someone else wants to use KDE, OpenRC, and Vim, it's none of my business. To each his own. There is no "best" desktop environment. There are only preferences. I like GNOME 3 a lot, and (in my personal case) it has helped me to actually improve my productivity in my what I do; other users may experience the opposite, even if they do exactly the same things I do. Other users maybe do something completely different, and they may also benefit from GNOME 3. Really, use whatever floats your boat. And if you don't like a particular software (or developer, or design), then simply don't use it. I really, really, *really* don't like KDE. I have never done (and I tried versions 1, 2, and 3; I lost interest in trying for version 4); but I have *never* told anyone that they should not use it, nor criticized their users and developers. It's none of my business; I don't like it, therefore I don't use it. Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace. Regards. --=20 Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingenier=C3=ADa de la Computaci=C3=B3n Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico