-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 05:12:28PM -0500, Randy Patterson wrote: > I have only had Debian up and going for about two weeks. Had Sarge installed > but had problems with my USB hardware so just did a clean install of Etch. > Works great!! Since I am a new user I don't have a favorite windowing system > that I prefer and was wondering if someone to point me to a good link that > would describe the strengths and weaknesses or pros and cons of each system. > KDE installed as default with Sarge and Etch so I assume they chose that for > a reason and it is the only one I have used. I have looked but haven't been > able to find a good comparison them. > > Thanks, > Randy >
In my opinion, forget desktop environments. The best way to learn about your GNU/Linux system is to use a lightweight environment and get used to using the terminal for all of your needs (Launching movies, viewing images, editing files, etc.) Of course, if you /need/ a full desktop environment, KDE in my opinion is the best out of the three. And Xfce is indefinitely better than GNOME, so if you want GTK and not Qt you're better off with Xfce. If you want to use something minimalistic, I'd recommend Window Maker. It's easy to set up (Only takes one free day to mess around with), and along with it's graphical configuration utility it becomes even easier. sudo apt-get install wmaker wmakerconf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGFGmF/o7Q/FCvPe0RAtpdAKCKu+FXdP9sJAlPvFmRZ+TIZfKU6gCfcb6w 1KZZyMly67cqzkpZFbCWgQQ= =dQki -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
