[olug] WM recommendation for switchers

[T. J. Brumfield]

Every single person without exception I know who had problems with KDE
4 were running Kubuntu packages. The Kubuntu devs keep shipping broken
packages. I tried the Kubuntu release, and it was still terrible.

Compare it to openSUSE, Arch, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, Sabayon, Fedora,
etc. and it is no contest.

I encourage you to take a look at the openSUSE 11.2 KDE 4 beta live CD.

Somehow openSUSE ships weekly snapshots, and I've never had problems
with any of them, but Kubuntu can't get a stable release with a full
distro release. Mind you, I know Novell pays tons of KDE devs to write
patches, backport features, package well, push stuff upstream, etc.

I know I often rail against Ubuntu (with a variety of reasons) but
trust me on this. I've converted several Kubuntu users simply by
asking them to give openSUSE a try then come to their own conclusions.

-- T. J.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:27 PM, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> i used to prefer KDE, and i'm currently beta testing the next version, but
> gnome is by far superior.
>
> i'm currently booting ubuntu jaunty 64 on my laptop with 5 different desktop
> managers, but i almost always use gnome.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Tim & Alethea Larson
> <thelarsons3 at cox.net>wrote:
>
>> Jeff Hinrichs wrote:
>> > The original questions was a new user trying out *nix.  In my opinion,
>> for
>> > new users, gnome is it.  After they have cut the cord with m$, they can
>> find
>> > the wm of their dreams, if they want.  The goal should be encouraging
>> them,
>> > not shoving them off the dock.  I too have a soft spot for minimalist
>> wm's
>> > but I don't find mucking with every dial to be a benefit -- good enough
>> is
>> > often just right.  gnome is deifnitely good enough for newb's.
>>
>> My concern is that the UI of Gnome/KDE is not very much like either
>> Windows or Mac OS, which are somewhat familiar to most everyone.  Plus,
>> they're both pretty heavyweight, and taxing on older systems.
>> Admittedly, you never know how much of a problem this may be until you
>> try it out.  But I think that a relatively lightweight, very
>> Windows-like UI is probably good for a newbie switcher.  For a complete
>> computer newb, maybe Gnome is a better choice.
>>
>>
>> Tim
>>
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