From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 26 17:34:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13F8116A4DD for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:34:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwc@stilyagin.com) Received: from puffy.asicommunications.com (puffy.asicommunications.com [216.9.200.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA6D943D4C for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:34:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwc@stilyagin.com) Received: from jeeves.stilyagin.local (reserved-216-9-200-69.asicommunications.com [216.9.200.69] (may be forged)) by puffy.asicommunications.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k6QHYqUG005173 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:34:52 -0700 (MST) Received: (from dwc@localhost) by jeeves.stilyagin.local (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k6QHYpLv017737; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:34:51 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:34:51 -0700 From: Darrin Chandler To: RW Message-ID: <20060726173451.GC5284@jeeves.stilyagin.local> References: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> <200607261815.49535.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200607261815.49535.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:34:53 -0000 On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 06:15:48PM +0100, RW wrote: > KDE is mostly application modules, which you don't need to install if you dont > want them. These days, though, the avoidance of bloat is mostly just a > fetish. I've not noticed any speed difference between KDE and the lighter > window managers for years. And as far as disk space is concerned we are > talking about pennies. I've tried fluxbox and the like off-and-on, but I > always miss some KDE feature within minutes. I disagree. Bloat is bloat. I'm using ion3 on my laptop and it's blazingly fast. I installed KDE on my wife's computer and while it's not a dog it is NOT blazingly fast. OTOH, my wife's only experience was with Windows and she never had any trouble finding her way around in KDE (which is why I installed it for her). If you're replacing WinXP and you want people up to speed fairly quickly then I think KDE is a pretty good choice. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |