12 Feb
2012
12 Feb
'12
10:02 a.m.
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Timothy Pearson
<kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net> wrote:
A hypothetical poll for users here....
If TDE were to close down, which desktop would you use instead? You would
be allowed to abandon Linux entirely in this scenario. ;-)
Please state why you have not already switched; i.e. what item are missing
or suboptimal in the other environment.
I am curious as to why TDE still exists and need some concrete examples to
fall back on to counter detractors.
Thanks!
Tim
I'd use KDE 4 in an acceptable implementation. It has evolved to be
quite usable with a middle range computer (Core 2 duo at aroung 2 Ghz)
and it did retain some of the "logic" of original KDE. It's a bit
bloated, but with quite a lot of work you can bring it back to it's
roots (which means removing a good part of what is supposed to make it
so great).
Gnome 2 is barely acceptable (with AWN), Gnome 3 and Co are not at
this point. I've disliked Windows from the start and don't like OS X's
interface so much. XFCE lacks some features I feel I need.
Maybe I'd go back to OS/2 and the Workplace Shell (just kidding, but I
really liked this one :)
I stick to KDE 3 /TDE because I feel is mature, simple, efficient, and
has Konqueror as a file manager.
Thierry