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 1Sgdrb-0007Bq-8W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:27:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 61A72E06C5; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2475E059B for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:25:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbbgk8 with SMTP id gk8so4716084lbb.40 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:25:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=QI/VHvfTQWhyESn/zY60xuGVgycb/qNvyQob41tNCi8=; b=GEx7p0AIqj05K/CSib8Pzhwzt9uHjS7AvYNDHeTttdIvjntGLjjJ3pQCI6ghl5lAYU 5+d0CiIpoXfEi5VJJQW/c22gKRBcfwlSnjL4kOsh+sMHmDv2NTm8khNuqh5Zrop0MDFA clfGhixSodKI2A2dEjWsrgu4JR3WLJeAOorUQ6THGciQZGN6A6zJDyQBXFKDztDCOGqi My200XA12xP5cAI5lvqd1VmoTCyOx0URRt0tF4/EbPhq7hk2Lbxm6UgNdnyFJrmmsyTo m+Dauvf0Ffb1muyTn0tBnnIwTil0JGEWsXmti5tQy9uaNHSAg1e3hXO+EXb3cHZChCV0 9zuQ== Received: by 10.112.30.41 with SMTP id p9mr6858855lbh.26.1340033145739; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:25:45 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.77.4 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:25:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Paul Hartman Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:25:25 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: dYOp2nedQVbssZbg7Zq85AtT_bA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 3df380d9-6ebb-4b0c-9a75-32b924af5901 X-Archives-Hash: 02ab882f29855ebd359d73ca913445b2 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-linux-desktop-environment-1045280 > > Summary: Try the latest KDE. You might get pleasantly surprised. I use KDE on my desktop (fast CPU, can afford to compile Qt+KDE stuff). But honestly the only KDE apps I really use are Konsole, Okular and whatever app it is that pops up when you press Alt-F2. I don't use widgets or activities, never used Dolphin, etc. 99% of the time my desktop is fullscreen Konsole with a bunch of tabs open (mostly with MC running in them). I use Xfce on my old laptop (Athlon64 3000+ CPU). Default theme with the rat. I don't use Konsole so I can avoid compiling Qt/KDE. Use the Xfce terminal instead. I use LXDE when a minimalistic (but modern and user-friendly) X environment is needed. I've never used Gnome in daily life on my own computers and my total experience with it is limited to Live CDs or troubleshooting other peoples' computers. In the olden days (to me) I liked to use Windowmaker in Slackware on my 90MHz Pentium. ;)