Desktop Environment of the Year

jeremy · 01-28-2006, 02:53 PM

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

--jeremy

Raftysworld · 01-29-2006, 08:18 PM

KDE, it continues to make strides in becoming the best free desktop on the market... Usability, looks, and especially features. Plus KDE (KDE4 specifically) has a bright future ahead of it.

Alien_Hominid · 01-30-2006, 12:41 AM

Gnome, cause it is not so fancy as KDE (that's advantage) and also well does its job.

Ruben2 · 01-30-2006, 03:36 AM

Xfce, it's much faster than Gnome or KDE, and still very userfrendly

fotoguy · 01-30-2006, 06:42 AM

Personally I really like KDE, it was the first GUI I used and came to enjoy the eye candy and the useful tools and applications. Gnome too is quite nice and has some useful tools and applications as well, but I think I'm just a KDE person, just like people are drawn to different distros. Xfce is quite a nice little GUI to if you want something fast or have an old machine with not much memory.

Daengbo · 01-30-2006, 07:46 AM

Gnome sits well for me between the complexity of KDE and the (Desktop Environment) minimalist XFCE4, though I try them all a couple of times a year to keep abreast of developments.

For me, my Gnome desktop handles shares well, stays out of my way, and lets me do the work that I want to do. With the proper plugins, Nautilus is even decent these days.

AntWarrior · 01-30-2006, 11:37 AM

Objectively I would say Gnome deserves the title . Because of its the progress it has MADE

Personal gut-feeling response would be KDE

Sonik21 · 01-30-2006, 11:42 AM

i like gnome but i like KDE better. i also use xfce. but mostly i use KDE because its what im used to using all the time so i know it well.

ALInux · 01-30-2006, 12:35 PM

Ive been stuck with KDE all the time from the beginning...tried gnome a few times..but just could not stick to it

anticapitalista · 01-30-2006, 12:37 PM

By far the best improved and for it's features has to be KDE though I don't use it. (fluxbox here)

fcaraballo · 01-30-2006, 01:07 PM

I mainly use Fluxbox, but I am giving XFce a good try and have to say I'm impressed. Will be interesting to see the changes to XFce 4.4.

reddazz · 01-30-2006, 01:25 PM

I really like XFCE and GNOME, but KDE takes the title for me. It keeps on improving at a very fast rate and has a lot of features that are lacking in other DEs.

episode96 · 01-30-2006, 01:55 PM

KDE is the most solid, the most complete, and the one who happens to have a vast number of good applications written for it. So, I voted KDE.

mjjzf · 01-30-2006, 01:57 PM

I use Gnome at the moment, but both KDE and Xfce have also made significant improvements in recent years.

Kensai · 01-30-2006, 03:04 PM

I love Gnome unfortunately KDE is tacking the best steps in the right direction so my vote goes to kde, which I'm using in my FreeBSD desktop.