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View Poll Results: Desktop Environment of the Year
It is seems a lot people prefer either Gnome or KDE to make themselves at home when switching from Windows or Mac. I prefer something different like Xfce. It is minimal and fast. Xfce has made a lot of changes over the years. To me KDE and Gnome did not make any changes or any noticeable changes since I first started using Linux.
It is seems a lot people prefer either Gnome or KDE to make themselves at home when switching from Windows or Mac. I prefer something different like Xfce. It is minimal and fast. Xfce has made a lot of changes over the years. To me KDE and Gnome did not make any changes or any noticeable changes since I first started using Linux.
More bloat and unnecessary dependencies are two that I can think of.
I would be interested in knowing if members prefer KDE3 to KDE4, rather than KDE as a stand alone category. There is a big difference in these two versions of KDE.
Same problem here. I'm back on KDE3 with Mandriva but I will not vote for KDE4 - FAR too much like vista crap
I strongly prefer KDE 3 to KDE 4. I'm having a hard time voting for a DE because of this. I really rely on KDE 3's features for a lot of things, but just can't get by with KDE 4 and it's weird desktop icon support.
I third that.
KDE 4 is nice to play with, but I still use KDE 3 for work. It has everything I need. I love it.
This poll should have split out KDE 3 vs KDE 4. I bet KDE 3 would get a lot more votes.
I would be interested in knowing if members prefer KDE3 to KDE4, rather than KDE as a stand alone category. There is a big difference in these two versions of KDE.
So do I. I don't like KDE4 at all, but I'm very fond of 3.5.*
Used to be fanatical about KDE 3.x, then became a GNOME convert...now I'm switching to xfce4. I like it because it's as customizable as KDE, but is still compatible with the GNOME themes, but it's even lighter weight. I'm not into eye candy I need something fast, simple, customizable (without too much effort).
KDE 4.x is really *heavy* compared to 3.x
Still it's good enough compared to others..but again it's really *heavy*. LOL.
Also, work out (out of interest) KDE 3.x on Solaris 10 2006 & Windows XP!
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