[ShadowAce]

I personally use Xfce with four desktops. Gives me everything I need and want.

[ShadowAce]

[nomad]

What about Unbuntu?

[molson209]

I’ve been using Lubuntu so long I forget which Desktop it is ,LOL

[GeronL]

Aren’t there a lot more choices than this?

anyway, when I had Ubuntu 12.4 or whatever it was, I was very happy with it.

[Steely Tom]

As a long-time Windows user and developer (20+ years), I find the transition to the Linux world painful.

It seems that to do the important things one has to go to the command line. This in turn requires the maintenance of various cheat sheets. Remembering where these are located for rapid reference becomes an ever-larger burden.

I’d be interested in how to make the transition from Windows to Linux less painful. I have multiple computers, a KBM, etc.

As far as development environments go, yuck. I’ve spent quite a lot of time with Eclipse. C++ is my language of choice. I’m just too used to MSVS, I guess. So many things in Eclipse seem different to me, I just don’t feel like going down the learning curve.

This includes the GUI aspects of programming in the Linux environment.

Insight from those of you who’ve made the transition would be appreciated.

[Chiefwilnel]

2 leading disadvantages for KDE :p

[kevkrom]

My favorite *nix desktop is OS X Yosemite. :)

[zeugma]

Kde and xfce are my favs. I’ve really taken to the Kate editor of late. Vi is essential for certain editing chores, but Kate has grown on me.

[Pelham]

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[Varmint Al]

I like the Linux Mint 17.1 KDE desktop. It has lots of features. Here is a snapshot of my desktop. I resized it down about half size.

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