10 amazing Linux desktop environments you've probably never seen

Network World ^ | 15 May 2013 | Bryan Lunduke

[Dr. Sivana]

Add DB4... and then we throw in some Barry White music and I hope like hell you are female

First, by the time the 8088 was put in PCs, Barry White was already kind of passe.

Second, DB4 runs like a dog on that setup. Stick with DB III+.

Third, of course I am a male! What woman would chat about mid 80s x86 architecture at length? Moreover, if you found her, she'd likely be 50+ years old, and probably had the good sense to hold onto her engineer husband.

[martin_fierro]

I prefer, and run, XFCE.

I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JIB, MAN.

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[ShadowAce]

I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JIB, MAN.

Hey--ya gotta use what works for ya. XFCE works for me, rather than me adjusting my work to it. With dual monitors at work, and four virtual desktops, I have more desktop space than 99% of my co-workers (some use Macs with similar capabilities), and I get more work done (in my job description) than 99% of the same job description nationwide--according to statistics my boss gave me last week.

:D

[Utilizer]

Mate, on a different topic...

I decided to post here instead of starting a new thread. Any tips on selecting a good hosting provider? I am thinking of starting a homepage to serve as a central repo for friends and family. Possibly email hosting later on, probably no blogging although I might consider it later on if I manage to find some free time after this current fuster-gluck: three machines running now with different processes, one more backing up system for cloning, four refurb hard drives and adapter card to powerup and test, one new config machine awaiting install, and one more awaiting evaluation and upgrade as soon as I get to it. Not to mention several others that I need to look at as well very soon...

And online holders for proggies as I get them running somehow in Linux as time goes by on the site...

Ideas / comments / suggestions?

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I tend to think people put too much emphasis on the eye candy. Basically I need to be able to get to an xterm and have some way of switching virtual desktops. Beyond that it’s much ado about not too much. FWIW I miss the wobbly windows and the compiz stuff from Gnome 2.x but I’m contradicting myself a bit here so I’ll stop ....

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Another comment - to make this article better they should have tried to present screen shots that were identical in every way except for the DE. Instead they change the wallpaper, the color scheme, the apps being used - so the comparison is not a very useful one.

[Utilizer]

Just got an email... curious. You know anything about BitCoin?

[Cyber Liberty]

flr. Because I have to check this out later.

[steve86]

I used, and liked, XFCE for a while. Then I tried LXDE and never went back. The thing just screams on a ten-year-old laptop with only 500 MB memory.

Sounds just like my Compaq N1000C. Oddly, I have had better luck with XFCE than LXDE. I wouldn't say either one screams, though.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Linux Mint 15 with KDE looks good to me, but I still prefer OS/X for clients. Windows is only for legacy vertical apps that won’t run on other platforms. :)

[ShadowAce]

Not a whole lot. I started a mining operation a while back, but stopped. Not sure yet how useful the whole thing is gonna be.

As far as your hosting provider, it sounds like you already know what you need. Just start looking for providers (GoDaddy, 1and1, etc) and compare features and prices.

[Utilizer]

"aesthetic" sense? You sound like one of those Apple fanboyz. Who never seem to realize that their "Apple" OS is based on Unix, just like Linux.

Most apple-0-philes have never even seen an Engineering Digest Magazine. In the back they advertise some really high-end software, on the order of about 35k and up just for the basic package. Most companies offer versions that run on Unix, Solaris, IBM 360, HP workstations, IRIS systems, and yes even... MS Win NT 3.0, 4.0, 2000, ME, XP, and Vista.

There are NOOOOOOO options for Apple machines. Blimey... I wonder why that is, eh?

[Utilizer]

Tried GoDaddy a few years back, but being a total newbie to the whole website thing despite being able to toss out a simple html index page as needed, I did not get a lot of helpful advice from them. Seemed they were more interested in just selling a site-name online for you to be registered owner as than providing support and helping guide development. Think I did insist on an Apache host, but that whole do-everything-by-ftp became really tiresome after a bit and I just allowed the domain to expire.