How-to: Picking a desktop environment in Linux

Engadget ^ | 30 November 2012 | John Browning

[Cboldt]

Not a DE. I run FVWM under Gentoo. I also prefer text based browser and use lynx.

[LifeComesFirst]

Kde, woot! Though they have a tendency to regress on some releases. Some idiots out there will still whine that unix/linux doesn’t have a gui...

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I really can’t agree with the statement that a DE includes a web browser. It may be technically true but I basically use chrome or firefox - I wouldn’t think of using the DE’s browser.

I use Gnome3 and aside from
- harder to customize (as mentioned)
- activities menu is a bit sluggish (as mentioned)

I find myself quite liking it.

[LifeComesFirst]

That was a joke, right?

[rockrr]

I’ve been running Mint on an older HP laptop for about four months now. I was hoping for a bit snappier performance but it has been rock steady. I mostly use it for all the stuff my employer has blocked my Windoze PC from accessing ;-)

[Bikkuri]

Best thing for an older machine (and low RAM) is XFCE..

Try it out ;)

[AFPhys]

Thanks for posting this excellent article.

[andyk]

That was a joke, right?

I suppose... :)

[zeugma]

Wait, there’s more to linux than a CLI?

For uttering this blasphemy, you are hereby banished to the land of Zork!

[andyk]

Lulz

I totally remember always turning on maximum verbosity...