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On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote: |
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> So, while we're meta-discussing Linus' rant on Gnome3, here's an article |
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> from TechRadar exploring the usability of the leading Linux desktop |
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> environments. |
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> http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/whats-the-best-linux-desktop-environment-1045280 |
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> Summary: Try the latest KDE. You might get pleasantly surprised. |
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I use KDE on my desktop (fast CPU, can afford to compile Qt+KDE |
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stuff). But honestly the only KDE apps I really use are Konsole, |
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Okular and whatever app it is that pops up when you press Alt-F2. I |
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don't use widgets or activities, never used Dolphin, etc. 99% of the |
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time my desktop is fullscreen Konsole with a bunch of tabs open |
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(mostly with MC running in them). |
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I use Xfce on my old laptop (Athlon64 3000+ CPU). Default theme with |
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the rat. I don't use Konsole so I can avoid compiling Qt/KDE. Use the |
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Xfce terminal instead. |
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I use LXDE when a minimalistic (but modern and user-friendly) X |
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environment is needed. |
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I've never used Gnome in daily life on my own computers and my total |
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experience with it is limited to Live CDs or troubleshooting other |
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peoples' computers. |
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In the olden days (to me) I liked to use Windowmaker in Slackware on |
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my 90MHz Pentium. ;) |
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