On Wednesday 04 April 2007 18:09, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > 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 > > I also use KDE and am a big fan of it. But let me correct one thing. KDE is > not chosen as default in Debian. The default with net install image is > nothing. Users are expected to install what they like.
I had forgot that I installed for the debian-testing-i386-kde-CD-1.iso image and there was no option. Guess i wrongly assumed same default for all installs. > Why not KDE? > . It is a memory hog, CPU intensive, slow compared to most other DEs. I guess your speaking relatively here! LOL I have used Windoze XP for about the last two years and KDE seemed as fast as a text based menu system when I first started it and I knew I was addicted! It's load time doesn't really compare either. I am a software developer and will be spending a lot of time in Eclipse. I was looking to find the best windowing system for my needs before I spend a lot of time getting my dev. env. setup. My time is somewhat limited and wasn't wanting to spend a lot of time in something that I wasn't going to use. Your comments and overview were very helpful. So would you say in general that the debian-testing-xxx-kde-CD-1.iso image is for higher end system installs and the debian-testing-xxx-xfce-CD-1.iso image is for lower end and debian-testing-xxx-netinst.iso image is to allow for all options? Sounds like I'm staying with KDE! :-) Thanks, Randy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
