Gus Wirth wrote:
Unfortunately, KDE and GNOME are not just window managers. Instead, they incorporate an entire desktop environment that includes things like inter-process communication and messaging in addition to what many see as the just the window manager.
Sure, but who uses that stuff? As you point out, the they implement IPC isn't well supported or compatible with much.
For most people, you won't really notice much difference between GNOME and KDE. I personally switched to KDE a couple years ago when the GNOME guys removed the console from the right-click menu and buried it under Accessories just like MS Windows. And the only way to get it back was to install a binary extension to Nautilus. There is just something evil about removing the console from a Linux user.
I just go to Application -> System Tools -> Terminal and drag and drop the icon onto my toolbar. (Hey, a working use for IPC!) and that problem is solved. It's funny how people will switch their whole window manager/desktop environment over such a trivial thing. :)
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