On Sunday 23 December 2012 23:31:37 [email protected] wrote: > I do not know what kind of interface your are accustomed to, but you > could try XFCE or LXDE. > In fact, you could also install more than one, and try them from time > to time, in the login manager, you can often choose the DE when you > installed more than one. That's a convenient feature for people who like > to try different things, and when you have build your opinion, just > remove DE you do not like is really easy. > > In short, just take the DE which fit your needs. I would say that the > Big Two, Gnome and KDE, are made for users which have very few time to > invest in their system, and do not want to even install new softwares. > They are near the complete OS, IMHO. > > In second, you have desktops like XFCE and LXDE, which are more like > what you have with a vanilla windows: you have everything you need to > simply use a computer, but not softwares to do real tasks.
Don't forget the minority DEs: Mate, Cinnamon, Trinity DE etc. XFCE is more by way of being a complete running system than you credit it with being. But I agree that nothing is as top-heavy as KDE 4 and GNOME 3. Since GNOME 2 and KDE 3 still have their devoted fans, one needs to specify the numbers. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
