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2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards This forum is for the 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards.
You can now vote for your favorite products of 2007. This is your chance to be heard! Voting ends February 21st.

View Poll Results: Desktop Environment of the Year
KDE 727 52.08%
Gnome 498 35.67%
XFCE 160 11.46%
GNUstep 2 0.14%
rox 9 0.64%
Voters: 1396. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-31-2007, 02:16 PM   #1
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Desktop Environment of the Year

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If you're looking for Fluxbox, Window Maker, Enlightenment or similar options - they are in the Window Manager of the Year poll.

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Old 12-31-2007, 11:58 PM   #2
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What about JavaDesktop?
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Old 01-01-2008, 12:24 AM   #3
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How do you vote? it says the polls are closed Edit: never mind, found the thread with info.
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Old 01-01-2008, 02:04 PM   #4
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what about E16/E17?
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Old 01-03-2008, 12:35 PM   #5
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Xfce oh yeah.
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Old 01-03-2008, 12:46 PM   #6
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What about JavaDesktop?
JavaDesktop is just a distro name, it uses Gnome last I heard.
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Old 01-03-2008, 03:09 PM   #7
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Gnome is better I think. It's all just GUI anyway.
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Old 01-03-2008, 05:34 PM   #8
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FYI, Xfce is actually a Window Manager that is based on xfwm4. Also you spelled Xfce wrong. If you want to think Xfce is a desktop manager, you have to provide both Xfce and ROX on the same line. With out ROX, Xfce will just be a Window Manager.
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Old 01-03-2008, 07:10 PM   #9
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FYI, Xfce is actually a Window Manager that is based on xfwm4. Also you spelled Xfce wrong. If you want to think Xfce is a desktop manager, you have to provide both Xfce and ROX on the same line. With out ROX, Xfce will just be a Window Manager.
Nah, xfce is a desktop environment....xfwm is the window manager for it.

Why does ROX make it something else anyway?
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:14 AM   #10
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KDE, it has the best integration among application, it has a lot of options so you can customize it a lot, it has most of the best applications and the Konqui is just so cute Well and KDE 4 is almost here which is one a whole new level.
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:23 AM   #11
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gnome, dropline gnome is very fast running on slackware
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Old 01-04-2008, 01:30 PM   #12
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I voted for Rox, though I prefer a straight fluxbox and no dm.
Of the 'big guns' KDE is way better than all the others put together!
(and I don't use it anymore.)
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Old 01-04-2008, 02:45 PM   #13
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Gnome with the Bluecurve Theme. Simplicity is great
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:09 PM   #14
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Nah, xfce is a desktop environment....xfwm is the window manager for it.

Why does ROX make it something else anyway?
Xfce is a Window Mananger. When ROX is included, Xfce becomes a Window and Desktop Mananger.
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Old 01-05-2008, 04:37 AM   #15
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I had to vote for KDE this year. Gnome is getting slower and buggier every year. I am not sure what is going on with the developers. KDE4 looks very promissing as well.
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