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OnlyTheTony · LXF regular Joined: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:51 am Posts: 303

KDE 4.3 for me.

When I first started with Linux (Red Hat 7) I used KDE 2.x and have stuck with it through the whole 3.x series and now to its current regeneration of 4.x

I've tried gnome but couldn't get used to the (lack of) configuration options, but I also run XFCE as the desktop on my Mythbuntu box - and I tend to install that on any servers I build because it's relatively lightweight compared to KDE or Gnome.

Bazza · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:25 pm Post subject:

I know I`m gonna be slated for this so...

My first Linux - NOT - desktop was Fall `95 P`n`P
YGGDRASIL - UGH!

UGH again, I never got it working so I have no
idea what GUI it used...

My fav` desktop is AmigaOS 3.1 Workbench, bog
standard and use it all the time, even under WinUAE.

Windows XP has become one of the most stable
platforms I have come across and a functional GUI
to boot.

LBNL, I used to use Knoppix but now use PCLinuxOS.
I don`t usually grab a screen with any Linux flavour
and I miss the `PrtScn` or `Alt-PrtScn` facility that
is standard under Windies. KSnapshot? is a cool
alternative however and works every time for my
needs...

So PCLinixOS 2009 for me... ;o)
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Team AMIGA...

LeeNukes · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:39 pm Post subject:

HINTERG · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:45 am Post subject:

Unusually enough on this rarefied forum, Smile

my favorite is JWM. Maybe because I know it so well? It is very lightweight, and the fastest I have ever used. It has to be configured mainly by hand which must put a lot of people off, but worth it in the end I think. I wish I could get Ubuntu with JWM. Heresy? Will have to try Crunchbang at some point.
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khakilang · LXF regular Joined: Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:26 am Posts: 110

I use Gnome because it come as default from Ubuntu. Although I have try KDE on OpenSuse but I still prefer Gnome because it took me away from Window.

chrishall57 · Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 2:13 pm Posts: 45

Fluxbox as my window manager/ desktop.

It just does what I want it to do, I don't need all sorts of options, just click and go.
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guy · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:06 pm Post subject:

gnome does all I need and is ethical too. I tidied up the default debian install because it wasn't minimalist enough for me. Still isn't really, but it's not a priority atm.

Ktried kde a kfew ktimes - kmenu khell, kdual-klicensing, kirritatingly kkrazy for kk. Kno kway khose!

Like rox, but only the filer is as yet in the debian stable repository, so maybe another time.
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loebus · Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject:

I use the Gnome desktop, simple and clean.

There are no icons on the desktop
One panel at the top, which I have menu icon, firefox, show desktop, talika, volume, wifi and clock showing.

M-Saunders · Moderator Joined: Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:14 pm Posts: 2881

Xfce for me. I love it. Despite the banter on the TuxRadar Podcast, I don't have any huge beefs with KDE and Gnome, and I'm sure I could configure them to the way I work if I needed to. But Xfce works perfectly for me -- I don't need to trim it down and it really focuses on usability rather than bells and whistles.

M

pastychomper · Joined: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:54 am Posts: 36

Fluxbox all the way for me, for... ooh... 4 main reasons:

It's faster than Jehu the son of Nimshi when he's late for work
It doesn't get in the way if I want to use an Xscreensaver hack as a backdrop (same goes for Xpenguins )
The auto-hiding Slit
Ability to combine multiple windows as tabs in the same frame

I'm also a fan of Windowmaker and XFCE. I've used KDE a lot lately (because Mandy likes it) and I think it's a good 'concept desktop' to showcase the latest in cool ideas, but I find it a tad slow and unstable for production use.

LeeNukes · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject:

Nerdy-ish · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:47 am Post subject:

I use KDE4, because the (*^)*& developers FORCED the upgrade from KDE3 to KDE4.

KDE4 is STILL missing lots of applications that worked in KDE3, and look like they will never be replaced / there's no KDE4 equivalent.

Then despite the time KDE4 has been around, there are still issues with the applications. K3B worked fine in KDE3, but still bits broken in KDE4.

I could never get into Gnome, and the other versions are not show-off enough of what Linux can do. Having said that, I did use the basic layout when I had BeOS5 PE on my system years ago.

DocMindwipe · Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:39 pm Posts: 15

Bazza · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:08 pm Post subject:

Hi DocMindwipe...

> Holy Mother of the Sun..... another Amiga-oid??????

My dedication to the AMIGA is on record...

http://aminet.net/search?readme=wisecracker

Yep, I`ve done almost all of that and aimed at youngsters...

Hmmm, must start "HW_ACCESS_7.lha" soon along with........

That reminds me, before Mike gives me a bo**ocking,
I must finish my KB project for MIKEOS... ;o)

HW done; SW done; Manuals etc, well, not started... :(
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Team AMIGA...

heiowge · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:02 pm Post subject:

I use Gnome as it was default on Ubuntu. My first dip into linux was Suse 10.1 with Gnome. I did try Kubuntu and quite liked KDE 3.*, but when they switched to KDE 4.* as default I hadn't played with KDE enough to be smitten, and hated KDE 4.0, so I swapped back to Gnome, and have pretty much stuck with it.