I am a new user to Linux Solyd K and have a question. What's the difference between Solyd K and Solyd X? Guess I'm interested in knowing if one OS has some particular advantage over the other one. Thanks for whatever explanation that you may be able to provide. Bill

As I know,
Solyd K = Solyd KDE edition
Solyd X = Solyd Xfce edition

Sorry ... I phrased my question wrong. Guess I should have asked, " What are the advantages and / or disadvantages of the KDE edition vs the Xfce edition? Just wanting to know which one might me the most user friendly for me to use. I'm a former Windows user who is completely fed up with Windows. I did have Ubuntu 10 before on another computer so not completely new to Linux. I made the mistake of buying a laptop back in June of 2013 which had Windows 8 preloaded. Fortunately, with the help of a very computer literate friend, we were able to erase Windows 8 and install Solyd K. It works fine and I like it a lot so far. I was just curious as to which Solyd, K or X, might be the best, most user friendly, easiest to use, etc. I'm sure there are diffenences since Linux saw fit to release the two editions. Thanks!

Hmm.. I'm a big fan of Xfce. Your question depend on "what do you want from a DE? [Friendly? Lightweight? Configurable?]". I never used KDE, but as I know KDE friendlier [Not much than Xfce. Xfce friendlier too.], heavier and beautiful than Xfce. And less configurable than Xfce. [Not sure about that exactly.] If you want lightweight and more configurable, use Xfce. If you want heavyweight and beautiful use KDE. Don't use KDE in a old computer. Just test both. Then you can choose your own.

EDIT : Didn't saw earlier. Sounds like you have newer computer.

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KDE is more configurable than XFCE. Its also easier to play with the configuration in KDE.

But XFCE doesnt look bad, and while its not as configurable as KDE, you can still change quite a few things farily easily.

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Since Solyd has KDE and Xfce "versions," they must have both DEs in their repository. I have never researched that distibution, so I may be wrong, but I doubt it. It is unlikely those are different versions, but rather, one system with different GUIs. With the possible exception of Unity (but who cares?), any GUI can be installed on any system. Install Xfce and compare it to KDE. Later, remove the one you do not want.

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