Linux Desktop environment.

[KoolDrew]

What is your favorite? Cirrently I am uisng Gnome, but am going to install Xfce to try it out. I am looking for one that is fast on slower machines. The reason I am trying Xfce is because i heard it will be fast on slower machines while still being eye appealing.

 

[xcript]

I've been using KDE 3.3.1 for the past couple of weeks and I like it.

I've got Gnome 2.8 on my laptop and I don't like it as much - might switch to XFCE4.

Originally posted by: KoolDrew
The reason I am trying Xfce is because i heard it will be fast on slower machines while still being eye appealing.

Yeah, it'll be a hell of a lot faster than Gnome and it does look pretty decent.

 

[Hyperblaze]

My personal fav is kde.

Can't stand gnome, I don't like the UI.

It all comes down to personal preference doesn't it? You don't like something? Don't use it

 

[Randabis]

I like XFCE. It's everything I want in a desktop environment.

http://img221.exs.cx/img221/4492/desktop2eh.jpg

 

[n0cmonkey]

I don't use any Desktop Environments, just blackbox.

 

[CTho9305]

I like XFCE or slightly older versions of gnome (pre-metacity). Of course, those versions of gnome are also pretty unstable... so, XFCE .

 

[Nithin]

xfce4

 

[Nothinman]

E16

 

[MisterESauce]

using gnome right now but i gotta say i liked kde better on my last linux install... maybe i'll try out xfce though, hearing good things.

 

[drag]

I disliked Gnome and KDE enviroments for a very long time, prefering stuff like Fluxbox.

However with Gnome 2.4 and newer versions I have to say that I like Gnome a lot. Most of the time I use the command line for everything, I just use the GUI for stuff that GUI's are better for.

Some configuration tools, window handling, and such. I want to be able to double click on a media file and have it "just work". I like being able to plug in my camera and have it start up ghoto2 right away and stuff like that.

I like the spatial nautilus thing. For Gnome sometimes the browser version of nautilus works out better so I always make sure to have a little filing cabinate thing on the icon bar that runs "nautilus --browser" when I click on it.

Some cool stuff to check out is on you desktop put a jpeg image and a text file. Click on them and see what programs they offer.

Now rename the .jpg image to .txt. Double click on that and see what happens. Then close that out and right click on it, you get the program options for both jpeg and text file.

Then make the file exectable. Get a simple shell script or binary executabe... Name them like a .tiff or a .txt file and double click on them.

Kinda neat how they got it all setup. Much better then the Windows, "Oh, I guess that image.jpg you clicked on was realy a image.jpg.exe and now you have spyware!" stuff.


As for KDE. I don't know, I find it simply irritating. Not that it's bad... Konquerer rocks and all the file managment and abstraction and all that is very nice, but I just can't stand actually having to use KDE for any length of time. Not that I have anything against it, it's just personal taste.

 

[REMF]

currently using KDE version 3.2 with SUSE 9.1

looking forward to trying Gnome 2.10 when Ubuntu Hoary comes out.

but the real daddy is going to be the arrival of KDE4 hopefully in Q3.

 

[Infohawk]

I think gnome is great in its uniformity and simplicity. But I find gtk slow (but I have older systems). To me, QT apps seem faster. (and I know about loading libraries)

 

[wheels]

photo

What desktop enviroment is this?

 

[Infohawk]

That might not be a desktop environment, but an assortment of stuff. The panel looks like gnome to me. But I could be wrong.

 

[arsbanned]

That's a WM

 

[Nothinman]

What desktop enviroment is this?

Looks like Metacity window manager, Gnome Panel on the right and probably top, GKrellm on the left and a transparent terminal with no border on the bottom left.