Hi, I'd like to add my opinion on this.
As a user I usually install ubuntu-studio and then add kubuntu-desktop, that way I have the low-latency kernel as default on boot and I log into KDE, having the menu's perfectly arranged as in ubuntustudio when I use the old start menu of KDE. I switch off desktop effects because in KDE, Unity and Gnome they cause trouble running qjack, even though I have a very good machine. The reason why I use KDE instead of XFCE is because I have a two monitor setup and I have to setup my wacom to use only one screen. XFCE does not have a GUI configuration tool to configure my wacom correctly. Also, KDE offers me a good workflow (but that's a personal preference). OK, I can fix it in terminal, but I'm a user, not an administrator and with the release cycle of six months, digging into manuals and tutorials to fix my wacom each 6 months (yes, I forget it after six months, because I the time on music, digital painting, writing and 3D) is too much effort. I want to log in, and start working. The same counts for the configuration of my firewire audio device, but luckily once installed those configurations stay when upgrading through sudo apt-get (already forgot that command as well). Thinking about the way I use ubuntu-studio, my conclusion is simple. It are the GUI configuration tools that make me decide which DE to use. If ubuntu studio could offer the right GUI tools to configure my kernel, audio, video and wacom, without having to browse through countless wiki's each 6 months then I think it doesn't matter which DE I use. Thinking about maintenance of the software, I think it's the easiest way to maintain the right configuration tools for one DE instead of several, but I'm not a coder, so I can't evaluate that. Grtz, Bart Deruyter http://www.bartart3d.be/ On facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/BartArt3D/169488999795102> On Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/Bart_Issimo> On Identi.ca <http://identi.ca/bartart3d> On Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116379400376517483499/> 2014-05-18 11:20 GMT+02:00 Kaj Ailomaa <[email protected]>: > # Supporting multiple Desktop Environments > > There has long been talk about us possibly supporting multiple desktop > environments. Doing so, we would use existing DE metas, and just add our > own session, menu, and artwork. The desktop environments in question > would be unity, gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. > > There are two ways we can do this: > * base our desktop environments on flavor DE metas such as > ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, etc, > * or we base on the vanilla DE metas, such as xfce4 (not sure how that > works with unity though) > > So, let's discuss the pros and cons with selecting one over the other. > Perhaps choice one is better for some DEs, and choice two better for > others? > > In our installer we will still need a default DE. And our ISO should > only have packages for one DE. With Internet connection one could choose > between several DEs and download the packages during installation. A > ubiquity plugin needs to be created for this. > > # Custom Ubuntu Studio Desktop Environment > > We could also discuss the possibility of introducing a custom DE for > Ubuntu Studio. We sort of have that now, but what we have is mostly > copied from Xubuntu. Our current desktop is so close to Xubuntu, that we > could just as well base ours entirely on theirs. > > It would only make sense to have a custom DE if our DE is largely > different from existing ones. And, it should be very low maintenance. > I'm thinking something very bare bone and simple. But, perhaps a vanilla > installation of lxde or xfce already has this advantage? > > -- > ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel >
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