I prefer KDE. I run several KDE-oriented apps, and as long as the libraries are gonna be loaded, I may as well run the desktop that uses them also, rather than running a second set of libraries.
Posted on 01/31/2008 2:33:29 PM PST by papasmurf
I run Ubuntu on several machines. 7.04 Feisty, 7.10 Gutsy, and 8.04 Hardy, running Gnome on all.
I'd like to hear viewpoints on the merits, or lack of merits, on the various Desktops others use and have experience with.
ping.
I’ve got 11 different Linux installations here, most of the mainstream distros, and I prefer the KDE desktop for functionality. The Gnome desktop hides too much for my tastes. I don’t fool with any of the fancy visual effects and prefer to be able to navigate the menu box tree to an application quickly, as Windows does. I guess a lot of people prefer desktops as far away from Windows as possible, but I like to be able to find things quickly.
I’m leaning towards going to KDE. It seems that a lot of the apps I’m downloading lately are K- something.
I do like XFCE, but they use a different structure for accessing their repositories, right?
Yeah, it’s (Compiz, Compiz-Fusion, Beryl) availabe on all .nix’s that I know of.
I did mine up all pretty, make a movie of it, and now I’m back to a standard desktop. LOL
Free BSD: On a MacBook Pro: In Parallels.
I’ve never looked at XFCE that I can remember. The repository format is based on the underlying system rather than the desktop interface. I greatly prefer the .RPM format over the .DEB Debian format, but have to deal with both on all these different installations. I use openSUSE 10.2 with the KDE interface 99.x% of the time. The others are just learning tools mostly.
I have a Mac Pro and Ubuntu (Gutsy) running under Fusion.
Since we’re talking Linux - just tried to install Flash player in Mozilla and not clear on what to do with the downloaded files...
Yeah, I could look it up, but FR is more accurate and faster...
I’ve been looking at linuxMint (as soon as I get a new hard drive). It’s supposedly a plug-n-play, Swiss-Army-knife Ubuntu.
Mozilla not Firefox?
If you download flash in Firefox, it will take care of the installing for you.
IIRC, even for Mozilla, there is a button that says “Install Now on the add on site?
LOL.
I’m also using Feisty 7.04 and I like it, except for the lack of broadband wireless support. If I could get me Sierra 875 aircard to work I would be in heaven!
Sorry, old-timer here, it is Firefox.
I get a “site requires Flash click here to download”
I download, I end up with icons on my desktop that do nothing.
I’m sure it is simple, but it isn’t doing it automatically...
Here ya’ go, try one of these.
Sierra 875 on Ubuntu
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=320557
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?p=1437627
http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2007/03/14/cingular-aircard-875-2/
MEPIS. Clean and simple - Warren worked on the precursor for OS X. One app for each function.
It uses KDE.
My old original standby is still Slackware, but dependencies are a PITA.
Go here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7 . Click on the Install Now button.
Delete all that other crap. LOL
Thanks, but I’m sticking with Ubuntu/Debian. I just think I want a new Desktop.
Mel
I prefer KDE. I run several KDE-oriented apps, and as long as the libraries are gonna be loaded, I may as well run the desktop that uses them also, rather than running a second set of libraries.
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