Re: [gentoo-user] OT: 'Best' Desktop Environment

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> 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.

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.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México