Am Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:57:59 +0100 schrieb RedShift <redshift@pandora.be>:
This thread will probably erupt in a massive flamewar, yet I decided to post my story anyway. I am talking about the desktop experience in general, not the technical details behind it. Keep that in mind.
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So when should we have started working at a better desktop environment for Linux?
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So basically, where are we at? KDE 3.5 is Windows XP KDE 4.3 is Windows Vista ??? is Windows 7
When are we getting to the Windows 7 stage?
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Why do you stick with KDE? Why don't you try Xfce or LXDE? KDE 1 was quite nice but pretty slow and buggy. Until KDE 3.5 it was made much more stable and faster so that KDE 3.5 was really usable. With KDE 4 they went back to KDE 1 regarding stability and speed but with far too much "eyecandy". KDE 4 was the reason for me for switching to Xfce. It runs smoothly and in my opinion fast and has only a few minor issues in my experience. LXDE seems to be fast and stable, too. For me there's only one applet missing, don't know which one. I can't decide which one I like more. Currently I stick with Xfce. But KDE isn't an option for me anymore. Since I already used GTK/Gnome apps in KDE, I'm now using Qt/KDE apps in Xfce. Heiko