KDE 4.2
I'm usually changing desktop environments on a weekly to monthly basis, depending on their releases. On Gentoo that's a hell lot of fun and could take several hours whereas in Ubuntu it's done in a couple of minutes.
For me the three most usable and interesting desktop environments are KDE, Gnome and - of course - Enlightenment. There are other alternatives, most notably XFCE which offers it's own set of utilities, like file manager, widget set, etc. but I haven't used it intensely in years mostly because it'sQt-based, like KDE GTK-based, like Gnome, and thus isn't as interesting for me.
While Gnome looks most archaic in my opinion but is very well integrated in Ubuntu, KDE is slightly slower but offers a solid framework and a nice default theme. Enlightenment on the other hand offers by far the fasted window manager as well as its own set of graphic and system libraries. I won't go into details regarding Enlightenment, I already wrote enough about it; needless to say, it's my favourite.
Well, back to the main topic. Just a couple of hours after the official release of KDE 4.2 the Kubuntu team already offers updated packages in their experimental PPA repository (a speed which, by the way, reminds me a lot to Gentoo). Unsatisfied as I was about KDE 4.0 and 4.1, I gave it a shot, despite its 'experimental' tag. To my surprise it's a real joy and a huge step towards what I expected of the 4-series of KDE. Until now KDE 4 seemed to be slow and incomplete compared to KDE 3.5, with many feateres missing, such as custom key bindings which I so frequently use to start my most used applications. KDE 4.2 remedied this situation, ships with a brand new theme, a bunch of new desktop widgets (plasmoids), is much faster and I yet have to discover any bugs, not to mention all the bugs and glitches that have disappeared.
I hope the next revision will be as ground breaking.
For me the three most usable and interesting desktop environments are KDE, Gnome and - of course - Enlightenment. There are other alternatives, most notably XFCE which offers it's own set of utilities, like file manager, widget set, etc. but I haven't used it intensely in years mostly because it's
While Gnome looks most archaic in my opinion but is very well integrated in Ubuntu, KDE is slightly slower but offers a solid framework and a nice default theme. Enlightenment on the other hand offers by far the fasted window manager as well as its own set of graphic and system libraries. I won't go into details regarding Enlightenment, I already wrote enough about it; needless to say, it's my favourite.
Well, back to the main topic. Just a couple of hours after the official release of KDE 4.2 the Kubuntu team already offers updated packages in their experimental PPA repository (a speed which, by the way, reminds me a lot to Gentoo). Unsatisfied as I was about KDE 4.0 and 4.1, I gave it a shot, despite its 'experimental' tag. To my surprise it's a real joy and a huge step towards what I expected of the 4-series of KDE. Until now KDE 4 seemed to be slow and incomplete compared to KDE 3.5, with many feateres missing, such as custom key bindings which I so frequently use to start my most used applications. KDE 4.2 remedied this situation, ships with a brand new theme, a bunch of new desktop widgets (plasmoids), is much faster and I yet have to discover any bugs, not to mention all the bugs and glitches that have disappeared.
I hope the next revision will be as ground breaking.
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posted by Falko at 1:07 AM
5 Comments:
I am a user of your E17 debian repository. It would be very nice to see up to date packages.
XFCE is based on the GTK not QT.
Yes, indeed it's based on GTK, my mistake.
You can build your own desktop from scratch using different independent softwares.
Like openbox + slim + tint2 + trayer or stalonetray + pcmanfm or roxfm + lxsession-lite + wicd + wbar + idesk + conky and so on.
This is, in my humble opinion, the best way to get a dekstop that suits your needs, nice, lighweight and very fast.
Interesting, thanks. That's one of those things that keep fascinating me about the linux world: You have the (almost) complete freedom of choice.
I'm a total fan of "lightweight and very fast" as you mentioned. It's just that from time to time I wanna see what's going on in the "fully bloated" desktop world.
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