Re: [gentoo-user] why you've chosen your desktop environment? (no war !)

[Peter Humphrey]

On Saturday 16 August 2014 16:34:23 Poison BL. wrote:

> I have friends that vary between liking and tolerating Gnome 3, KDE,
> etc. and I can honestly say the only meaningful factor in deciding
> what they run has always boiled down to taste. Sit down with each for
> a week or three (as your main system, you won't get a real feel for
> them if you're not trying to get real work done through them), get
> them working as close to your preferences as you can, then judge which
> a) took the least work to get there and b) most closely match what you
> actually want from them. As an added bonus, poke around for a third
> thing to score based on... which gives you the best set of features
> you *weren't* looking for but *will* use.

Sound advice.

Personally I won't touch any of the gnome variants because of the way they 
hide everything they can from the user. Reminds me of Windows with its we-
know-better-than-you attitude. And the last time I looked they wouldn't let me 
have a clear desktop, insisting on littering it with icons I never use.

As Joshua says, though, it's all a matter of taste.

-- 
Regards
Peter