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We don't know your household needs....for example, do you have multiple users with their own file space and login---and do you want to have easy user switching?
Do you like your DM to do everything for you, or can you configure what you need manually?
I like XFCE4.6.x, but I USE KDE 4.3.x----Why?
1. KDE has the best user switching
2. KDE handles more chores for me (I'm lazy)
indeed.
I would have 2-3 concurrent users. Easy user switching - will be great IF it works CONSISTENTLY
play music, video, web browsing, Kino
"management" (better half) likes to customize desktop, sounds ...
i think i should say - regular user's activities for windows.. nothing extra/super...
I read about KDE 4 - seemed to have quite a few problems ??? am i mistaken ?
I use KDE 4, but I am the only user on this machine. Apps crash randomly but I just restart them and move on. It's not that big of a deal really. Other than that KDE 4 does the trick for me. I am satisfied. I like a lot of the KDE apps.
I have an old laptop, 866MHz, 512MB RAM, and on that I have KDE base installed but I use XFCE on it. I use it for coding and I like KDevelope, which is why I have kde base.
KDE is probably the most professional looking desktop out there plus the apps are great. You didn't say your hardware specs so I'm guessing that's not an issue.
thank you guys for the input.
i have an old machine - AMD Sempron (303 ? ) with tons of space ( ~1.5tb combined) and 2.5 Gb RAM. some Nvidia card ( built in ). so far rfom fancy but it has been working fine for 5 years and i don't have plans to change it. Unless i decide to go mytv route %)
I have KDE 4.3.2 running on both of my computers:
---Desk: Athlon 2400XP, 1GB ram, ArchLinux--32 bit
---Lap: HP Compaq 8510W (Intel dual-something), NVidia Quadro 570, 4GB RAM. ArchLinux--64bit
In both cases, everything is working ~98% perfectly. There are a few "funnies", but none that motivated me to investigate.
The KDE user-switching (KDM) is the best I have seen. Gnome (GDM) is "OK", but has some annoying quirks.
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but it has been working fine for 5 years and i don't have plans to change it. Unless i decide to go mytv route %)
