> I think using qt/kde would be easier. As the size does not count to much > on a DVD using 100+ gnome apps would be a bit harder. So I would start > with KDE if I were you. > xfce4 is also a good one imo and should be also faster than kde, but > i've never tried kde4. > And the most important is ratpoison of course :) >
I think using Gnome would be better than KDE. Firstly, all popular apps use gtk+ like: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, Pidgin, Xchat, Wireshark, gvim, Ekiga, F-Spot, Gimp, and much more. Secondly, (if we had a compatible HAL) gnome has a lot nicer services like NetworkManager, gvfs (volume-manager), power-manager, bluetooth-manager and more. Lastly, KDE is oftentimes quite ugly and has way too many buttons. In so far as simple window-managers are concerned, there are are newer cooler ones that "good 'ol" blackbox and ratpoison, such as: wm/awesome (lightweight) and wip/e17 (almost lightweight). My vote is on one "big one": meta-pkgs/gnome and one "small one": wm/awesome -- Robert Luciani Chalmers University of Technology, SWE Department of Computer Science and Engineering http://www.rluciani.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]