On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:07:47 -0400 (EDT), Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: > > Hello Debian users ?? > > I am currently a Debian Jessie XFCE user. > I want to have your views on Gnome VS XFCE. > I want to try Gnome but I want to know if Gnome is stable and works > constantly without freezing and crashing. > Please share me your experience with Debian Gnome.
I used to use GNOME (GNOME 2) because it was the default desktop in Debian at that time, but I switched to XFCE when GNOME "upgraded" from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3. Not only is the GNOME 3 interface very different from GNOME 2, but on a number of my machines, GNOME 3 didn't even work. GNOME 3 requires 3D graphics acceleration features in the X driver, and not all video chipsets support 3D graphics acceleration. Even for chipsets that do support 3D graphics acceleration, there may not be an X driver which exploits the chip's 3D graphics acceleration capabilities, or the driver may not be installed because it is buggy or has security vulnerabilities. The machine I am using to compose this e-mail falls into that category. There is a 3D graphics acceleration driver for my chipset, but it is not installed for reasons of reliability and security. I switched to XFCE because it doesn't require 3D graphics acceleration, and I've been happy with it. Furthermore, it is designed to run applications written for the GNOME environment. The interface is similar to the GNOME 2 interface, which I am familiar with. I'll probably stick with XFCE until there is a compelling reason to change. That's my two cents worth. Take it with however many grains of salt you think it's worth. -- .''`. Stephen Powell <[email protected]> : :' : `. `'` `-
