There should be a warning label on Linux

[ElPolloDiabl]

I downloaded 3 different copies of Kubuntu 10.04 all of them froze and crashed the monitor while installing. Knowing that Ubuntu 9.10 had worked on the computer, I searched around and got the Kubuntu 9.10.
It was a breeze to install, only the partitioning was delicate, making sure I didn't select the button that formats the 'whole' drive.
Boy it is fast, boot time in 25 seconds and the KDE desktop is snappy and has the buttons in familiar places as opposed to that pig called "Gnome".
It has a Windows 95/98 Amiga OS3.9 feel to it. If you haven't liked Linux yet give Kubuntu a try.

[Karlos]

KDE 3.5 was nice. KDE 4 is an abomination.

[gazgod]

KDE 3.5 was nice. KDE 4 is an abomination.

KDE 4 IS an absolute dog, It brought my distro test box to it knees when installed the latest slackware a few weeks ago and didn't change the default WM, Its not exactly state of the art (dual 2.4 Xeon, 2 gig of memory and a radeon 9600pro) but usually performs fine.

Gaz

[runequester]

Im a Gnome kinda guy mostly. Installing Lucid Lynx and watching it boot up was pretty amazing. Installed quick, boots in 15 seconds or so, shuts down in 3

[Arkhan]

KDE is worthless.

Use GNOME or XFCE.  Succeed!

[whabang]

Gnome fanboi checking in.

I openly admit that I haven't tried KDE in five years, though...

[Arkhan]

Every time I try using KDE it's a mess, stuff annoys me, and I want to punch the screen.

and starting everything with a K really pisses me off.

[Karlos]

Every time I try using KDE it's a mess, stuff annoys me, and I want to punch the screen.

and starting everything with a K really pisses me off.

I have a soft spot for kdevelop though. Although there are better IDE's out there, it's just one of those applications I've gotten used to.

[Karlos]

KDE is worthless.

Use GNOME or XFCE.  Succeed!

Those are my preferred desktops. I didn't like gnome originally, but like something you should get biopsied, it has grown on me.

[DBAlex]

KDE acts like Windows. Ergo, it's a piece of shit.

I could stand KDE 3.x, 4 is just a joke.

Try LXDE or XFCE.

[johnklos]

Someone should license AmigaDOS and make an X Window manager which is as simple, elegant, intuitive, and resource-thrifty as AmigaDOS on (free)Unix. If it can be usable on a 7 MHz m68000, then it's doing something right. If a 2 GHz+ machine with hundreds of megabytes per second of throughput to a video card can't keep up with a human, something is horribly wrong. This is why I won't ever use KDE or Gnome again unless I hear something has significantly changed - they are not intuitive, they are messy, and I don't feel like wasting my cycles, both in my computers and of my own time.

All of my GUIs these days are Mac OS X. It's certainly not perfect, but at least it does what it's supposed to do in a meaningful and understandable way.

[Arkhan]

KDE acts like Windows. Ergo, it's a piece of shit.

I could stand KDE 3.x, 4 is just a joke.

Try LXDE or XFCE.

no it doesnt.

It acts like Windows with downs.

[Karlos]

Someone should license AmigaDOS and make an X Window manager which is as simple, elegant, intuitive, and resource-thrifty as AmigaDOS on (free)Unix. If it can be usable on a 7 MHz m68000, then it's doing something right.

Bindun since mid '90's http://xwinman.org/amiwm.php
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[the_leander]

I think I'll keep to Enlightenment as far as desktops go for linux.

Elive 2.0 is ok, though not nearly as good as I was hoping for. Using Lenny as a base is a bit pants imho. Especially if you want to do anything with IM's. `

I may well try out the E17 variant of PClinuxOS next.

[Karlos]

I think I'll keep to Enlightenment as far as desktops go for linux.

Elive 2.0 is ok, though not nearly as good as I was hoping for. Using Lenny as a base is a bit pants imho. Especially if you want to do anything with IM's. `

I may well try out the E17 variant of PClinuxOS next.

I tried it, was not keen. But that's the beauty of linux, I guess; choice!

I might give AmiWM a try actually. It has screen dragging to reveal the various desktop workspaces :lol: