From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 10:07:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C1FF16A418 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:07:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC7C013C442 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:07:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 3883 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2007 04:07:01 -0600 Received: from 124-170-218-216.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.218.216) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 23 Nov 2007 04:07:01 -0600 Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:06:54 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Message-ID: <20071123210654.36739b1c@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <4746A090.9080400@gmail.com> References: <4746A090.9080400@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: (off topic?) Best desktop 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: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:07:11 -0000 On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:42:40 +0000 "Aryeh M. Friedman" wrote: > I have used gnome for several years now after finding kde lacking in > features but just tried kde and have to say I like the programs it > comes with (but I find gnome easier to use).... I also know there are > other desktops out there (as being defined as a something more then a > high end window manager)... which is best? [...] Hi Aryeh, i think you will get so many answers about this question... :D I for one used to run fwvm2 under linux back in 95, then KDE... but since then I got a bit tired of the endless new tools for kde or gnome or this or that.. (eg, KDE front end for mplayer...what's wrong with mplayer, or gmplayer? ) anyway... I've been using XFCE4 for a while. it's GTK-2 based, so most gnome apps work out the box without installing the whole shebbang. And then, i just install the apps that are useful to me, not what the KDE team decided to bundle in. (yes, there are segregated by packages...but i just feel like back in Windows...all that stuff you know you won't ever use... (for that matter, i barely install XFCE own tools... rxvt is far more stable than Terminal, beep / xmms / gmplayer / xine work better than xfce's media player).. What I did for a while is have all the desktops installed and use them under different users, to see how they compared. KDE / Gnome felt quite sluggish compared to XFCE. this may not be a problem for you, though. good luck, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances." Emerson I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.