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portamenteff 01-12-2009 03:42 PM
Gnome is what I give to new users who ask me. I use it myself as well now.

Electro 01-13-2009 01:23 AM
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.

SqdnGuns 01-13-2009 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Electro (Post 3406713)
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. :eek:

mariuz 01-13-2009 11:13 AM
lxde is the new kid that turned heads

at least is the main DE that i use it for starting an small live distro and works quite well on slow (think p3@500 with 256M of ram)

also i like xfce ,

on fast machines i install all of them and sometime i switch between them
I like the new kde4.x from ubuntu jaunty jack with the new composite manager

that is the future and c++ based composite manager (even the compiz project switches to something similar)
http://www.undefinedfire.com/kde/41-42-kwin/

lsces 01-14-2009 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by wificraig (Post 3401632)
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 ;)

candiazoo 01-14-2009 09:38 PM
Gnome for me. Altho' I have to say KDE 4.x is looking pretty good. I hear 4.2 is much more solid.

vijayma 01-15-2009 02:15 AM
gnome and xfce work for me.

murugesan 01-15-2009 02:32 AM
For me it is Gnome.

anandharaj 01-15-2009 04:37 AM
Hi,

My choice is Gnome

diilbert 01-15-2009 06:03 AM
I must admit that I have been converted. I used to be a KDE maniac, but I think Ubuntu has converted me to Gnome ;-)

linker_85 01-15-2009 11:18 AM
and the winner is... Genome. :)

drokmed 01-15-2009 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by penguiniator (Post 3401648)
I second that.

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.

Paul van Aken 01-15-2009 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by wificraig (Post 3401632)
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.*

PetrusValidus 01-15-2009 04:06 PM
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).

bulava 01-15-2009 04:31 PM
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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