one more to the list PCLinuxOS - a derivative of mandriva (just like mint is derived from ubuntu) - has a polished ui, comes with some good set of apps and even multimedia playback out of the box
On Aug 24, 4:53 pm, Sebin Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: > A perception: > > Canonical concentrates on gnome based platform by its design decisions. > Though they have a KDE flavour known as kubuntu, its just an offering for > the sake of it and is often criticized as bloated. The (parent) distro by > and far is tuned to gnome principles. Also, to my understanding, Linux mint, > another debian derivative too is predominantly gnome based. > > It is not that, you can't install KDE on top of these distros. But the fact > that, these are not well knitted for the K desktop environment stands > ground. It is because of such constant criticism that, kubuntu developers > announced project timelord (http://www.kubuntu.org/news/timelord) which > would be beneficial in the long run. We would assume that by kubuntu 11.10, > the full potential of KDE would be made use of by the team instead of the > half baked offerings, now in town. > > Why I say half baked? They were reluctant to offer plasmoids first. They > broke kNetworkManager next. They usually miss the development circle of KDE. > And lots more. > > For a good KDE experience, you should try a KDE centric distro. Here are the > distributions shipping KDE (which obviously includes > kubuntu):http://www.kde.org/download/distributions.php > > Read this comparison > too:http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-of-the-bes... > > My suggestions: > > 1. OpenSuse for a n00b. It has on the fly installation like ubuntu. I > have tested this, but was not robust or flexible as I intended it to be. > One > of the most favorite KDE distro in Europe. Instead of the blue interface of > KDE, OpenSuse's version wears a Green gown. > 2. Chakra Gnu/Linux (still in Alpha, but highly optimised, running > KDEmod, a tweaked modular version of KDE, bleeding edge. Will rock the > world > soon.) > 3. Pardus > 4. Mandriva > 5. Arch Linux with {KDE, KDE-meta, KDEmod} Highly customisable. As > robust as you intend. No graphic installer. Should love Konsole too to use > this. > 6. FreeBSD (Not Linux. But highly robust. No malayalam support yet) > 7. Slackware (vanilla KDE, with no modifications, no port based system as > in Arch, so more Konsole based) > > Bottom line: None of this is .deb based. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
