Dbzdude707
February 21st, 2009, 11:46 PM
What's your favorite type of desktop and why?
Also, if you could, read the following and try to recommend me one. It doesn't have to be a choice in the poll. If I don't know how to install it, I'll figure it out somehow.
I'm new to Linux in general and I decided to try it... I seem to have most everything working (although, I'm having trouble with Wine and Iptables firewall... but that's not what this topic is for).
Well, I'm looking at different types of desktops, and it seems the main three (or at least, the easiest ones for me to install) are GNOME, XFCE, and KDE. I had GNOME already on Ubuntu but I decided to install the others and they all work well in their own ways.
However, GNOME just doesn't look good and I don't know how to make it look good... Also I want to customize the toolbars/panels so that I only have one panel to deal with. This is a reason I don't like XFCE either. Neither of them look that great, and I can't figure out how to customize panels on either... Oh, and for some reason the system for arranging icons on the desktop is really annoying in GNOME, it's hard to get them aligned right, and the auto-align to grid function doesn't really do the job. That also kinda irritates me. XFCE, however, fixes this problem. But then, in XFCE I don't have the ability to drag and select multiple icons, and that's a little annoying too. However, I can get over not having that if I have to.
Now I'm trying KDE and I really like it so far. I'd say what really matters to me in a desktop are... In order:
1. Obviously it must be stable... I don't mean I want earlier releases just for the sake of stability, only that I don't want too many bugs. I'm not a programmer... =/
2. Either the desktop or the toolbar/panel system has to be easily organizable. If I'm relying heavily on panels, I hopefully only have 1 of them to deal with, as this makes it so that maximizing a window means that a panel doesn't overlap part of the window and keep me from doing something... If I'm relying heavily on the desktop, I want the Align to Grid function to be similar to XFCE's or Windows'.
3. I don't need a start menu. However, I do need a good way of finding my programs. XFCE's AppFinder, GNOME's menus, and KDE's start menu are all great.
4. Easily customizable... I'm love it when it has a lot of customization options and you can find them fairly easily. I want to customize as much as possible, lol...
5. I really want it to look good. Yes, this comes after everything else, but... It's always nice! I'm a sucker for software that looks as good as it functions. Most of the software I rely on in Linux functions great, it just doesn't look that great. But KDE does look good!
As you can see, I'm used to Windows. I came this far with Linux though, and I've found it's a very efficient system. So I'd like to keep using it. Windows can be very clunky sometimes... Linux hasn't failed me, except that it takes some getting used to.
Thanks!
Also, if you could, read the following and try to recommend me one. It doesn't have to be a choice in the poll. If I don't know how to install it, I'll figure it out somehow.
I'm new to Linux in general and I decided to try it... I seem to have most everything working (although, I'm having trouble with Wine and Iptables firewall... but that's not what this topic is for).
Well, I'm looking at different types of desktops, and it seems the main three (or at least, the easiest ones for me to install) are GNOME, XFCE, and KDE. I had GNOME already on Ubuntu but I decided to install the others and they all work well in their own ways.
However, GNOME just doesn't look good and I don't know how to make it look good... Also I want to customize the toolbars/panels so that I only have one panel to deal with. This is a reason I don't like XFCE either. Neither of them look that great, and I can't figure out how to customize panels on either... Oh, and for some reason the system for arranging icons on the desktop is really annoying in GNOME, it's hard to get them aligned right, and the auto-align to grid function doesn't really do the job. That also kinda irritates me. XFCE, however, fixes this problem. But then, in XFCE I don't have the ability to drag and select multiple icons, and that's a little annoying too. However, I can get over not having that if I have to.
Now I'm trying KDE and I really like it so far. I'd say what really matters to me in a desktop are... In order:
1. Obviously it must be stable... I don't mean I want earlier releases just for the sake of stability, only that I don't want too many bugs. I'm not a programmer... =/
2. Either the desktop or the toolbar/panel system has to be easily organizable. If I'm relying heavily on panels, I hopefully only have 1 of them to deal with, as this makes it so that maximizing a window means that a panel doesn't overlap part of the window and keep me from doing something... If I'm relying heavily on the desktop, I want the Align to Grid function to be similar to XFCE's or Windows'.
3. I don't need a start menu. However, I do need a good way of finding my programs. XFCE's AppFinder, GNOME's menus, and KDE's start menu are all great.
4. Easily customizable... I'm love it when it has a lot of customization options and you can find them fairly easily. I want to customize as much as possible, lol...
5. I really want it to look good. Yes, this comes after everything else, but... It's always nice! I'm a sucker for software that looks as good as it functions. Most of the software I rely on in Linux functions great, it just doesn't look that great. But KDE does look good!
As you can see, I'm used to Windows. I came this far with Linux though, and I've found it's a very efficient system. So I'd like to keep using it. Windows can be very clunky sometimes... Linux hasn't failed me, except that it takes some getting used to.
Thanks!