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Why KDE Rules
diegocgteleline.es writes "Being a long time Gnome user and while talking with some non-KDE users, I realized that non-KDE users know few things about what are the "Good Things" of KDE. So I wrote an article about "Why KDE Rules" focused in KDE, with lots of screenshots and some texts - so all those non-KDE (or non-Linux) users can take a look at what KDE can offer to them, why KDE users use it and what they can expect about the future of the KDE platform if they choose to use it. Of course, this doesn't means that this was written to critize other desktops neither it means you should start Yet Another Gnome vs KDE flamewar..."
I never much liked KDE, but this article does highlight some cool features. Time to give it another try, maybe.
Well you can do that too with GNOME after installing gDesklets... Actually you can get a mix of whatever you like like this or even this... dunno but I like what I can do with GNOME when it comes to desktop configuration...
For example, when I click an icon, it starts bouncing.
If that's one of your complaints, I can tell you've never really used KDE much. The option to disable to this is clearly visible in kcontrol.
This part also goes into technicalities like database backends (WTF)
Dude, this article it's ABOUT "technicalities".
Following this, the obligatory chastising of readers that use the wrong browser
No, it's not the "obligatory chastising". My thumbnails use PNG transpareny. And IE DOES NOT support png transparency. So, duh, I'm a troll because I recomend readers to use a browser than can render the page properly?
Also the inclusion of Evolution and Ephiphany are just annoying. It would be much better if Evolution was replaced by Thunderbird and Ephiphany by Firefox. Installing GNOME you get Epiphany and also Mozilla (since Epiphany depends on it). I use Firefox and sometimes Lynx. So now I have 4 browsers. And I also use Thunderbird for mail, but then I got this monster called Evolution installed which I have no use for. I believe the GNU/Linux distro Ubuntu did the right thing, replaced Epiphany with Firefox and didn't include any mail appliactions in the standard install. And yes, I know there are various gnome2-lite meta-packages out there for various distros and operatingsystems.
KDE has never ever even been an option for me mainly due to my dislike of Qt. I just can't stand the way it's designed. It looks like 10 years old C++ code and design. C++ has since been standardized but the Qt developers don't seem to be able to keep up.
XFCE is small and fast and has everything you need. Not sure I like the file-browser, but I usually just open a terminal emulator and do whatever I need there anyway. I'm not 100% happy with XFCE but I've yet to find anything better. I used to run Fluxbox from time to time, but I came to the conclution it just didn't do it for me.