Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:53:24 -0500 From: Greg Groth <ggroth@gregs-garage.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. Message-ID: <44C935D4.7060603@gregs-garage.com> In-Reply-To: <20060726132920.V54217@fledge.watson.org> References: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> <200607261815.49535.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <20060726132920.V54217@fledge.watson.org>
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doug wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, RW wrote: > >> On Wednesday 26 July 2006 16:23, Joshua Lewis wrote: >> >>> KDE seems like it is bloated so I was considering Gnome. I have also >>> been reading about enlightenment and it sounds interesting. I have >>> looked into Fluxbox and it also seems like it would do the trick. >>> >>> Would I be better off just going with Gnome or KDE? I realize once I >>> start installing apps that I will probably wind up installing >>> something that uses Gnome or KDE libraries so I am going to wind up >>> bloating my system any ways right? >> >> >> KDE is mostly application modules, which you don't need to install if >> you dont >> want them. These days, though, the avoidance of bloat is mostly just a >> fetish. I've not noticed any speed difference between KDE and the >> lighter >> window managers for years. And as far as disk space is concerned we are >> talking about pennies. I've tried fluxbox and the like off-and-on, but I >> always miss some KDE feature within minutes. >> >> Personally I don't like Gnome, it's less polished than KDE by a >> sustantial >> margin; and while upgrading KDE is always easy, Gnome's complex depencies >> mean that a special script has to be run, and even that doesn't always >> work. > > I agree with this thought. There is a wrapper port/package kde-lite. I > run kde on a 400Mhz laptop and mostly can not tell the difference > between using that and my new thinkpad. OpenOffice is much, much, ..., > better the kdeoffice. The ultimate lightweight window manager is twm. It > is built into X. I use it to install KDE. All of this is very personal. > It is well worth finding the one you like. If kde-lite is too much, you can just install kde-base, kde-libs, kde-admin & kde-utils and end up with kde having close to the functionality of new XP install. I think the only thing that's missing are the games, Media Player and a messenger client. Greg Groth
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