Linux interface

[bluewall21]

KDE or Gnome? For a user who wants a smooth transition from windows.

 

[drag]

Install both, you can switch back and forth easily.

Personally I like Gnome, but others like KDE

 

[oniq]

I like Gnome personally. Could never get used to "your web browser is also your file manager, your text editor, etc.".

 

[Megatomic]

I like KDE better myself. It is very familiar to me as a longtime windows user.

 

[bluewall21]

Cool, I'll just install both, then.

 

[lowpost]

for the more adventurous and speed freaks, try fluxbox

 

[Sunner]

I like KDE, not cause it reminds me of Windows' shell, but cause I like many of the programs that comes with it, as well as many features of it.
With the 3.2 series, they're definitely ahead of Gnome IMO.

 

[Farfrael]

try blackbox if you want to experience a different "feel"

 

[Zelmo3]

Kinda depends on the distro. Fedora uses Gnome by default and while I don't know if it works just as well with KDE, I do know that SuSE's management tools are designed with KDE in mind, making their distro harder to use with Gnome.

 

[bluewall21]

Thanks for all your responses.

Do Fluxbox and Blackbox come with Mandrake 10 Official?

 

[XBoxLPU]

Fluxbox here

I love it

 

[Olias]

Nobody mentioned XFCE4. Built for speed but minimalistic approach to a DE. Good for slower computers.
screenie

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: bluewall21
Thanks for all your responses.

Do Fluxbox and Blackbox come with Mandrake 10 Official?

Maybe.

If not I am sure that you could find RPM's for mandrake somewere, maybe not right away because it will take a bit for the user base to start making packages for it. But you shouldn't have to wait to long. Unless of course it has a black-box style window manager aviable by default.

Variations are Blackbox, Fluxbox, Openbox, etc. XFCE is along the same lines, mostly...

 

[lowpost]

fluxbox is so easy to install that you don't need an rpm, just follow the docs

 

[Abzstrak]

crap, I didn't read your post before I voted, KDE is better for transitioning from windows, then you'll want to move on to something better like gnome ;-)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Try them both for a week each. Then decide. Don't rely on the opinions of others. They're free. The worst that will happen is you spend a couple of hours setting it up.

 

[bluewall21]

Allright, Im using KDE now, ill switch later. Thanks a lot for the replies

 

[civad]

Gnome..

I somehow never liked KDE ..