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View Poll Results: What graphical environment do you use? | |
KDE
|     | 37 | 33.94% | |
Gnome
|    | 42 | 38.53% | |
Enlightenment
|    | 1 | 0.92% | |
Blackbox/Fluxbox
|    | 7 | 6.42% | |
Other or None (Please specify)
|    | 22 | 20.18% |
06-07-2008
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Originally Posted by Jason Coplen  I think a lot of computers out there aren't retarded. It's pretty amusing when people complain about how slow their computers are when you can buy 2 gigs of RAM for under a $100. Computers aren't expensive. If you drop $500 every 5 years there's not much point to super light weight desktops and window managers. Someone can always make the case for 10 year old machines needing lightweight, but it gets silly with how little computers cost these days. | I Agree, new PC's are fairly cheap nowadays, but if you're like me and you have a family, these are some pretty tough times as far as money is concerned. Dropping $500.00 becomes a real gut buster when you have 10 other choices to spend your money on.
I think a lot of folks are making their current machines last longer in hopes of getting a bit more value from it. So I think these "Lightweight" DE and WM's are an awesome Idea.
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06-07-2008
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| Yeah, a lot of this depends on "what's in the box?" type stuff.
I said Gnome because of ergonomics. I think it's just easy to setup.
Were the box not a powerful one like today's computer, I'd use the terminal.
The terminal rocks. 
More things need to be made for the terminal to make it a TUI.
I'm surprised more linux users haven't done this over the years.
It seems like everyone is focused on C++, python, and java. | |
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06-08-2008
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#43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dapper Dan Hi Jason. I disagree. This Dell E520 I'm running is almost brand new and is plenty fast. Gnome and KDE run perfectly well on this box. Still, I use IceWM. Many of us run light window managers as a matter of choice rather than necessity. The speediness of IceWM over Gnome or KDE is an added bonus. | I didn't include choice when making my post. Sorry about that. It slipped my mind. I should have thought my line of thought through better before posting. It seems that when online I forget stuff. I can think something through, but I don't type a whole lot so I miss explaining things as well as I should. My apologies.
I haven't messed with IceWM. Let me play with that for a few days and see what I think of it.  | |
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06-08-2008
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#44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MikeTbob I Agree, new PC's are fairly cheap nowadays, but if you're like me and you have a family, these are some pretty tough times as far as money is concerned. Dropping $500.00 becomes a real gut buster when you have 10 other choices to spend your money on. | That's a matter of priorities. In your case a computer *shouldn't* be a top priority. Wife and kids should come first.
Is it too late to rephrase my earlier post to say new computer every 5 to 10 years?  | |
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06-08-2008
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#45 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jason Coplen I didn't include choice when making my post. Sorry about that. It slipped my mind. I should have thought my line of thought through better before posting. It seems that when online I forget stuff. I can think something through, but I don't type a whole lot so I miss explaining things as well as I should. My apologies. | Hi again Jason! No need for apologise. I perfectly understand your point and we can all cordially disagree. We wouldn't be human if we didn't from time to time! | |
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06-08-2008
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Originally Posted by Agent-X Yeah, a lot of this depends on "what's in the box?" type stuff.
I said Gnome because of ergonomics. I think it's just easy to setup.
Were the box not a powerful one like today's computer, I'd use the terminal.
The terminal rocks.
More things need to be made for the terminal to make it a TUI.
I'm surprised more linux users haven't done this over the years.
It seems like everyone is focused on C++, python, and java. | I agree 100% , as this poll is all about GUI, I personally believe the GUI is just a very tiny part of linux making it able to have some eyecandy and browse the web in a normal way. For basic things like file management, music and even coding I run back to the terminal. It's just a lot more faster and in my opinion "user friendly". It takes time to get used to, I agree...but once you get the hang of it, you can do certain things a lot faster and more logic than with a GUI. I just don't need 30 MB program to do the same things I can do with simple bash commands. That's why KDE and GNOME aren't made for me...
XFCE comes with very little dependancies and "programs you most probably won't need". | |
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06-08-2008
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Originally Posted by Dapper Dan Hi again Jason! No need for apologise. I perfectly understand your point and we can all cordially disagree. We wouldn't be human if we didn't from time to time! | Thanks, Dan. | |
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06-27-2008
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| Just started using Blackbox and I love it  | |
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06-29-2008
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| Just made the switch to kde4 .. used to use gnome | |
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06-29-2008
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Originally Posted by geniuz I agree 100% , as this poll is all about GUI, I personally believe the GUI is just a very tiny part of linux making it able to have some eyecandy and browse the web in a normal way. For basic things like file management, music and even coding I run back to the terminal. It's just a lot more faster and in my opinion "user friendly". It takes time to get used to, I agree...but once you get the hang of it, you can do certain things a lot faster and more logic than with a GUI. I just don't need 30 MB program to do the same things I can do with simple bash commands. That's why KDE and GNOME aren't made for me...
XFCE comes with very little dependancies and "programs you most probably won't need". | i agree .. the terminal is by far the strongest point of Linux. (even though most of my work is done in the xterm) | |
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