Wait, I thought Linux OS's are for people's preferences. Like Linux Mint is good for transitions from Windows to the Unix OS's, and same thing with Ubuntu but you have three start menus at the top left vs one start menu on the bottom left. so realistically, Gnome, Xfce, and KDE are all really good but it really just so happens to be the persons preference that makes it perfect.
On Sep 1, 2:34 pm, Roy <linuxcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > XFCE should not be affected by either GNOME or KDE unless you are > running GNOME or KDE apps. Nautilus for example does strange things to > XFCE and KDE unless you add a switch to run it with no desktop. If you > don't do this then you cannot get back to your XFCE (or KDE) desktop. > You need to launch Nautilus from a command prompt to do this (alt-F2) > and type nautilus --no-desktop. Try it and see the difference. To get > your desktop back you may need to kill Nautilus with the System > Monitor or use xkill and click on the desktop. This all goes to show > that running more than one desktop can have some surprises that you > may not be counting on. > > Running a KDE or GNOME app in XFCE will work, but it requires the > support of certain dependencies that may slow your system down. You > may or may not notice depending on how lean you need to run. > > If you want even better performance try LXDE which is also in the > repos. You can install Lubuntu which is Ubuntu with LXDE or just LXDE, > > Roy > > > > > I have question related to GNOME and KDE under Xface: > > > Dose Xface speed of the whole system get affected by having Kde and Gonome > > in one Xface gui system? > > I suspect that to support KDE and Gnome on one system certain demons and > > background services have to run on this hybrid to run the Kde or Gnome based > > applications. > > > So does having multiple Window Manager Apps slow the system down any? > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Patrick <0001patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> KDE or Gnome ? That's an easy question. The answer is Xfce. > >> Why ? Because it has an option which fully supports KDE as well > >> as Gnome oriented programs. Plus all the Xfce written programs. > >> So, by option, it fully supports KDE, Gnome, and Xfce. I'm going > >> to switch fairly soon to Xfce to be able to fully use all three > >> repositories. > > >> Regards, > > >> patrick013 > > >> On Sep 1, 7:43 am, Roy <linuxcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > But your response does not make sense. :) > > >> > KDE has no Mono which is a big plus and that opens up another big can > >> > of worms. If anyone thinks that KDE or GNOME debate is argumentative, > >> > just see how people get worked up about Mono. There are many anti-Mono > >> > websites. People devote their lives to bashing Mono. Richard Stallman > >> > has even called Miguel de Icaza a "traitor" to FOSS over Mono and > >> > others call him a Microsoft apologist or even an "employee". These are > >> > two of the biggest names in open source. It does not get better than > >> > this. :) > > >> > KDE or GNOME? Use what you like and like what you use. I use both and > >> > like both for different reasons. So why choose between them when you > >> > can have both? > > >> > Roy > > >> > On 31 August 2010 06:19, kishan KISHAN <b.kisha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > Gnome . Reason : It makes more sense > > >> > > On Monday, August 30, 2010, rijin mp <riji...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> KDE > > >> > >> -- > >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux > >> > >> Users Group. > >> > >> To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com > >> > >> To unsubscribe, send email to > >> > >> linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> > >> For more options, visit our group > >> > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > >> > > -- > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux > >> > > Users Group. > >> > > To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com > >> > > To unsubscribe, send email to > >> > > linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> > > For more options, visit our group > >> > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > >> Group. > >> To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com > >> To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> For more options, visit our group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit our group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
