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View Poll Results: Favorite DE/WM
KDE
33
42.31%
Gnome
13
16.67%
Xfce
22
28.21%
Lxde
5
6.41%
Twm
0
0%
Fluxbox
12
15.38%
Awesome
1
1.28%
Pekwm
1
1.28%
Enlightenment
2
2.56%
Openbox
7
8.97%
Mate
0
0%
Trinity
1
1.28%
Icewm
2
2.56%
ROX
1
1.28%
Blackbox
0
0%
Ratposion
0
0%
EDE
0
0%
Other
10
12.82%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll
Wow, I was the 15th voter and the first one to vote for other. wmii and Slackware on anything, from 7" to 22" display.
I would have been the first one to vote for other but I still believe that i3wm will be added. Actually, can members modify polls after their submission? If not I'd have to vote for other as well.
I think this poll is biased (as most are ) towards KDE, since a good number of LQ members use Slackware, and KDE is the default DE that's set up to start when one does startx (IIRC).
I think this poll is biased (as most are ) towards KDE, since a good number of LQ members use Slackware, and KDE is the default DE that's set up to start when one does startx (IIRC).
Start a poll how many Slackware users really use KDE to support your statement. If you install Slackware you are asked which DE should be started with startx.
Distribution: RPM Distros,Mostly Mandrake Forks;Drake Tools/Utilities all the way!GO MAGEIA!!!
Posts: 986
Rep:
Any Desktop Environment that resembles a Desktop
Where is the choice for Gnome 2?
KDE- Windows 95 clone with added features over Gnome 2 but buggy on any distro I have had it installed on as of Mandriva and Fedora. Windows are allowed to be moved underneath panels so you can't access the windows controls to move or close it again, very aggravating.
Gnome 2 - A Desktop Environment that resembles a Desktop and was/is as good as a Desktop Environment for any price paid but was free. Was the utmost flagship of Linux/Opensource.
Xfce - Gnome 2 but in the Stone Age.
I think all of the Desktop Environments have great attributes to some degree but Gnome 2 was the only professional quality Desktop Environment that resembled a Desktop. Gnome 3 did not convince me to configure my computing approach away from a Virtual Desktop. I hope I do see a world some day where we all sit in front of what amounts to a palm-device attached to a microphone stand in a work cubical at the office. This is the direction the Gnome development team thinks we are heading and wants to be the front runner. Best of wishes to you on that.
With the other lesser know Desktop Environments you have to rub two sticks together to achieve basic usage with them. I don't have the time to "go camping" all that much.
I still don't see this as being opinionated so I felt obligated to post this for new comers.
KDE . . . Windows are allowed to be moved underneath panels so you can't access the windows controls to move or close it again, very aggravating.
Alt+F3M
Then use the arrow keys to position the window where you want it. Press Enter when satisfied. I've never seen that problem though. Can't seem to make it happen no matter what I try.
I think this poll is biased (as most are ) towards KDE, since a good number of LQ members use Slackware, and KDE is the default DE that's set up to start when one does startx (IIRC).
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