Gnome vs KDE
I have tried Unity, Gnome and KDE. I have noticed a great change from Gnome 2.x to 3.x
I can not say I was too happy with the changes for a non Tablet user like myself. But I can not totally be dismissive of Gnome 3 either. I guess I also like the KDE how you can personalize each workspace to do 1 type of task and you end up more familiar with everything. KDE seems to allow more ease of customization. However the widgets can get cluttering at times as well. What are your thoughts on the 2 desktops? Would love to hear your opinions. Thanks |
While I have a variety of opinions, I can't see how they would help (much); for you, the question is most likely to be 'which GUI do I like best?'
(And, there are other options, too. You might like XFCE, LXDE, Enlightenment, etc.) |
I moved to XFCE, via Gnome, from KDE when KDE4 came along.
I don't want "plasma" and "widgets" or anything else so I changed to an other DE. There are many, and all have their good points and fans so I am glad they are all there. Imagine if you were using Windows and had to update to Metro^H^H^H^H^H Windows 8^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Modern Style UI. |
And, pragmatically speaking, you're going to wind up having both of these on your system because there's no consensus of one vs. the other and no interoperability layer.
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Taking care though it is possible to avoid some of their libs. |
Haven't tried anything but the 3 mentioned. I would not want to sacrifice productivity for resources. But if XFCE or the other LDEs do their job then why not.
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I ditched desktop environments for a window manager (Fluxbox) a long time ago.
I found that I could do everything I needed to do without all the gimmickry and overhead, as long as I had the requisite libraries on my HDD. |
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--- Obviously, one of the very best characteristics of Linux is both its "client/server GUI" architecture (vs. the highly monolithic albeit legacy design of Windows), and the fact that you can meaningfully choose what you want. You can have a choice of window managers (or none at all), and on top of these several GUIs (or none at all). And if you want to use a GUI when talking to a rack-mounted computer that of course has no graphic card at all, "no problem." In a very real sense, "this is 'what all the fuss is about.' " Microsoft Windows (admittedly, by design ... and it is not an 'ulterior' design) simply has no corollary to these concepts. It pure-and-simple (and for entirely defensible reasons) was not designed this way. |
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Personally though I have a few DEs installed even though I rarely use KDE apps these days. |
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