Posted on 12/03/2012 6:58:24 AM PST by ShadowAce
In fairness to XFCE, I haven’t taken the time to really try and configure it the way I want, but for my day to day use, I find Mate to be the best of the bunch.
Call me crazy, but I just like being able to make things the way I want them and have them work in a logical manner. This stuff with Unity and Gnome 3 where I’m supposed to up and change everything about my workflow to suit some developers idea of how a ‘paradigm change’ should be implemented, is pure idiocy.
My desktop is not a tablet. My desktop is not a phone. My desktop is not a laptop. My desktop is not Scott Baio. My desktop is MY DESKTOP. Leave it the hell alone, so I can get my work done and stop putting obstacles in the way of updating my distros because of all of these effing braindead changes! ARGH! /end of rant. :-)
Wait, there’s more to linux than a CLI?
As a long-time Solaris user, I prefer KDE. I’m running Fedora in work as our Linux systems are all running Redhat.
/johnny
We still have some Solaris servers in work, but since Oracle bought Sun out, the support has taken a nose-dive and they’re gradually switching to Redhat on Intel boxes or VMware. I did try Gnome, but I didn’t care for it. I guess I’m set in my ways after 20 years of using CDE/KDE. :-)
The Ubuntu 12.10LTS running on my old AMD Athlon dual core 64X2 has thousands of free apps, free OS updates and has long term support. Never needed Windows 8 or Mac OS mountain lion.
Yeah, but can you play Total War?
Bookmark for later
Fedora Gnome user here. Used KDE for a long time and went over to Gnome on Ubuntu. Been using it every since.
> My desktop is not a tablet. My desktop is not a phone. My
> desktop is not a laptop. My desktop is not Scott Baio. My
> desktop is MY DESKTOP. Leave it the hell alone, so I can
> get my work done and stop putting obstacles in the way of
> updating my distros because of all of these effing
> braindead changes! ARGH! /end of rant. :-)
I share your pain. Really. Don’t like Gnome-3, but the developers have told us to get used to it or go pound sand.
Right--so switch to a DE that will work with your style. You are not stuck with Gnome. Choose something else.
Better question to ask is do I play Total War.
I don’t think my old PC can even handle Total War even with Linux wine or Microsoft windows.
I did choose one, as was indicated in the first paragraph of my post. :-)
I wish these subjects didn’t always have to be about a one-up or a put-down. It’s almost as tiring as having to expend the effort to research what NEW desktop environment to use, because some asshats took the ‘paradigm’ that made sense for decades and fouled it up for no reason whatsoever.
You may not think that matters or may not think I should vent about it, but hey, you can always find someone to post to who suits you better than I. After all, you are not stuck talking to an ungrateful troglodyte like me. ;-)
I read that, but this it just slipped out of my brain--my apologies.
While I never used Gnome--and only know about the whole paradigm change in it from other sources--I can understand your anguish. It is difficult to leave an environment where you may have grown comfortable.
Good find.. bookmarking ;)
I am currently using KDE...
I’m using Linux Mint with MATE on my three-year old netbook with an ATOM N270 processor, runs real good.
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