* Jes <jjje...@gmail.com> [2013-09-16 14:43:48 +0200]: > Hi all: > > I use during so long time KDE3. Nowdays I prefer xfce4. Gnome3 is a bit > ugly for me. I prefer WMs that integrate the file browser and other tools. > Because of this I don't use WindowMaker or FVWM or Enlightenment.... If I'd > only had to code I'll use vim and some minimalistic wm. Thanks for your input. I agree, having a file browser would make life simpler for average users. For me, though, the best file browser on UNIX systems is the shell (ksh).
> In my experience, KDE3, Gnome3 and XFCE4 are good choices for general use. For my partner, i'm inclined towards KDE or xfce. I think xfce is not so "bloated" (a term I have often seen/read to be associated with KDE). > Not related with the desktop choice but with the performance... In OpenBSD, > all versions, I note performance decrease (not smooth mouse movement or web > page scrolling) when the machine is doing any heavy reading/writing task or > cpu compsuming (for example a rsync or zip/unzip a big file). Has anyone > else experienced a similar behaviour? > > Jes This is what you've observed with KDE, then? Cheers, Jamie.
