On 16/09/13 15:25, James Griffin wrote:
* 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.
I've observed that behaviour in KDE, GNOME3 and XFCE4. Always when a lot
of readings/writings are taking place in the disk, or for example, when
the CPU load is high though in a only core. My machine is not very old;
it's a thinkpad T410 with 4 cores and 8MB RAM (amd64). If only one core
is on high CPU I experienced a not so smooth scrolling in firefox, or
the mouse pointer jumps from one place to another one when moving. I
didn't experience this in linux or freebsd... And it ocurrs in 4.9,
5.0... and 5.4 current.
Back to the desktop environments... KDE includes some tools for
administration (users, permisions, etc.). Konqueror file browser is a
bit old and has some bug (for example moving files, cut/paste) but it
works well in general. If you want to more integrated desktop with its
file editor, file browser, clipboard tool, display tool (for screen
resize), burn cds, etc. KDE is a good candidate.
Gnome3 is more modern than KDE, if it fits your needs in terms of
functionality and you like its appearance then probably it works in a
better way than KDE.
If you need something simply, but functional, with a small application
tools for thinks like file browser, image viewer, simple edition,
clipboard management, folders in desktop, panels for quick launch, etc.
XFCE would be a good option.
Maybe it's a question of install the three and test them.
For coding or administration only, probably wms like ratpoison, xmonad,
and so would be the right election, in terms or reduced CPU and memory
consumption.
BR
