On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:06:43 +0200 Rami Rosen <rosenr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > The main issues I encountered in last months in KDE are: > 1) loads application slowly compared to Gnome. > 2) sometimes KDE plasma crashes when I press on the Kickoff > application launcher > 3) the kwallet pop up annoys me (though I am sure it is trivial to > get rid of this pop up) > > I wonder which other problems did you have with it ? KDE is quite > veteran as you know. This is such a cool thread I'm copying my local LUG... My problems with KDE are described here: http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm#_Steve_You_Sound_Angry http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm#_Escape_From_Kmail And more generally, through the whole document: http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm Bottom line, for me, KDE stands for Krash, Delay, Expand. > I did not try the other Display Managers. In case this problem with > Gnome and JEdit losing focus will not be solved somehow (which I > doubt it will), I will consider one of them (starting with Xfce). Yes. There's a whole *world* of Display managers out there, beyond KDE, Gnome and (urk) Unity. Actually, I would never use any of those three for a display manager, and have removed every KDE library and program from all my computers, for greatly improved stability and performance. Here are some of the display managers I've tried: Xfce: Windows 95 type DM, capable of multiple panels (a panel is a taskbar. Sometimes quirky, but probably the best of the bunch, especially if you like having a start menu. Even if you don't use Xfce, download it so you can use the xfce4-appfinder program, which is a great way to find and launch programs. I use Xfce on all my laptops. LXDE: The most stable taskbar/startmenu type interface I've ever found. Wonderful software whose only problems are: 1) only 1 panel possible, and 2) very slow mouse compared to other window managers. Problem #2 is best solved by using an optical mouse on a very clean surface. IceWM: Old School Windows 95 type interface. Works well, not maintained very well, but still available and still works. I used it for five years and liked it a lot. OpenBox: Keystroke driven, no start button, no panel/taskbar. Very stable. You need to develop other techniques, driven by hotkeys, which are easy to implement using an editor, to compensate for lack of a start button. I currently use this interface on my daily driver desktop. There are a few user interface hassles caused by lack of a taskbar, but then again, I have xfce4-appfinder to launch stuff, and I have gkrellm on workspace 1 to tell the time and date and stuff. OpenBox is an acquired taste: I like it. By the way, DO NOT use OpenBox if you want other people to successfully operate your computer. Awesome: Lua driven, Lua configured tiling desktop environment. I tried it, but didn't like it. I've seen guys who are good with hotkeys and configuration make Awesome walk and talk. DO NOT use this WM if you want other people to be able to use your computer. Sawfish: I think a long time ago this window manager was associated with Gnome. IIRC it's a Windows 95 type window manager. Enlightenment: Similar to Sawfish, as I remember. Fvwm: If your one and only priority is light weight and good stability, this is your Window Manager. It's the only one I've personally gotten to work right on OpenBSD. It's a gift from heaven if you're working on a 256MB RAM machine. This is like a less user friendly version of OpenBox, so you'd better be ready to spend some time tailoring your work habits to it, and setting up hotkeys and workspaces. By the way, this is the only WM I've found whose workspaces are a 2 dimensional array. One of my buddies has 64 workspaces, knows which workspaces always contain what programs, and works quite successfully like that. Fluxbox, Blackbox: Similar to OpenBox, but I personally don't like them as well. YMMV Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
