Kreuger Share Posted August 18, 2007 I guess it's all relative. Xfce is light compared to KDE or GNOME (although not as light as it used to be), but the *box WMs are considerably lighter still as they're not full blown desktop environments. Yeah I always thought XFCE seemed like a lightweight gnome so I've never used it Link to post Share on other sites
xp1ode Share Posted August 18, 2007 Feisty with Gnome, once KDE4 drops i might give it a try. Since i started using linux i have always used gnome. Mostly use it for school and as a regular desktop, but hopefully soon enough i can also use it as a file server and media center. Link to post Share on other sites
roadgeek9 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I've never liked Ubuntu as a distro, as I have found it to be both buggy and hard to deal with. I use Fedora and OpenSuSE, they are very stable, and support RPM (my method of installation, suprisingly). I haven't used Linux in a while, though, but I am reinstalling OpenSuSE 10.1 tomorrow onto my laptop (as a 2nd OS). In Fedora, I prefer GNOME. On Mandriva, I use KDE. On OpenSuSE, I use GNOME. Link to post Share on other sites
x-scratch Share Posted September 12, 2007 so Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu is the top clients which of the 3 is the best ? Link to post Share on other sites
markjensen Veteran Share Posted September 12, 2007 so Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu is the top clients which of the 3 is the best ?There is no "one best". The primary differences between them are whether you prefer the KDE environmnet, the Gnome one, or XFCE. Link to post Share on other sites
Ranhiru Share Posted October 27, 2007 Ubuntu is the best! No other distro can be matched to it in terms of easy use. Maybe other distros can do more stuff than Ubuntu. Yet Ubuntu is really easy to learn and installation of softwares are soo easy! Kubuntu is the same as well. Anyway the poll proves it! Link to post Share on other sites
exUBERance Share Posted October 27, 2007 Ubuntu is the best! No other distro can be matched to it in terms of easy use. Maybe other distros can do more stuff than Ubuntu. Yet Ubuntu is really easy to learn and installation of softwares are soo easy! Kubuntu is the same as well. Anyway the poll proves it! +1! or Gentoo for non newbies ;) Link to post Share on other sites
Bugballou Share Posted October 30, 2007 PCLOS, KDE, (ntldr>lilo boot), laptop, desktop. newbie to nix, the "wow" stops now. Link to post Share on other sites
rage710 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Ubuntu - Gnome - Desktop :yes: Link to post Share on other sites
Fred Derf Author Veteran Share Posted January 1, 2008 Do we need to reset this poll for 2008? If so, are any changes required? Edit: To the person who asked where E17 was on the poll. It is listed as "Enlightenment". Link to post Share on other sites
Fred Derf Author Veteran Share Posted January 1, 2008 Gentoo Linux isn't listed :/ #5 on the poll with 33 votes Link to post Share on other sites
Fred Derf Author Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2008 Do we need to reset this poll for 2008? If so, are any changes required?Edit: To the person who asked where E17 was on the poll. It is listed as "Enlightenment". I'm going to leave this poll intact since it all still seems relevant enough. We'll certainly need a new one for next year. I also edited the poll to rename the "Enlightenment" option to "Enlightenment/E17". Link to post Share on other sites
tablet_user Share Posted January 7, 2008 Gentoo and Vista on my PC. Arch Linux on my tablet. Link to post Share on other sites
esquiso Share Posted January 22, 2008 I now use Arch on my PC. I've also used Ubuntu, Debian (still my <3 distro) and Gentoo. I use Fluxbox, and i love it. It's, imho, a lot better than GNOME or XFCE. I don't like KDE nor E16/17. Link to post Share on other sites
kjordan2001 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Gentoo with Gnome (or without X at all on the servers I manage at work). Link to post Share on other sites
Andre S. Veteran Share Posted February 14, 2008 We use Fedora with the KDE interface at school, and while I still don't know much about the OS per say, I must the interface is incredibly archaic and crude, compared to OSX or Vista or even Windows XP, but anyway we do a lot of the work from the "Konsole" so I guess it's less of a concern. Oh, and don't get me started on KWord, wtf is that piece of junk? I don't know how I could work without Open Office, and even Open Office isn't that great at all when you've seen Office 2007... Anyway, I suppose Linux is "superior" at a lot of things I've yet to discover, but my initial impression is pretty bad. Maybe someday I'll be using it for very specific things, but not for my usual tasks. Just to show I'm actually nuanced and impartial, my friend uses the Gnome interface and it looks a lot more decent. Link to post Share on other sites
Fred Derf Author Veteran Share Posted February 14, 2008 KDE4 is better (undoubtedly you would have used KDE 3.5 or earlier). OpenOffice works find in either KDE or Gnome. Link to post Share on other sites
Borbus Share Posted February 14, 2008 I voted Debian, even though I use Ubuntu on my desktop at the moment. I don't really use Ubuntu because it's Ubuntu, I use it because it is Debian if that makes sense... I have 1 Ubuntu box, 2 Debian boxes and my other box which I mess around with which currently has Debian and Arch on it. Link to post Share on other sites
markjensen Veteran Share Posted February 15, 2008 Errrm... Remove one "Fedora" vote and add it to *buntu for me. Switching distros, but keeping my same love of Linux and of Fluxbox. :wub: Link to post Share on other sites
James812 Share Posted February 24, 2008 CentOS, CLI Only, Server (VOIP Asterisk Server) Link to post Share on other sites
plan-9 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Using Opensuse 10.2 with gnome. Its a pretty decent system. Main reason for using it is cause I can get the novell client working on it with ease. Play around with KDE every now and then. Just cant get into it. Gnome is far better for me. Might try KDE4 soon. Link to post Share on other sites
trek Share Posted March 8, 2008 I dualboot Vista SP1 and Ubuntu on my laptop. Ubuntu is there so I can ssh w/ X to uni and do assignments... That's about it. Link to post Share on other sites
Borbus Share Posted March 15, 2008 My choice would now be Arch... And I switched from Gnome to Xfce too. I'm loving it. I use it for everything still. Link to post Share on other sites
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