Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't You Running KDE?

Posted by samzenpus on Monday June 11, 2012 @03:08AM from the what's-your-flavor? dept.

First time accepted submitter mike_toscano writes "At least some of us have recently seen Linus' most recent comments on his experience with Gnome 3 — he didn't have many nice things to say about it and as you know, he's not the only one. On the other hand, there have been some great reviews and comparisons of KDE with the other options (like this one) lately. Sure, early releases of 4.x were painful but the desktop today is fully-functional and polished. So the question: To those who run *nix desktops and are frustrated by the latest Gnome variants, why aren't you running KDE? To clarify, I'm not asking which desktop is better. I'm really talking to the people who have already decided they don't like the new Gnome & Unity but aren't using KDE. If you don't like KDE or Gnome, why not?"

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It's a matter of workflow by hamvil · 2012-06-11 03:20 · Score: -1, Troll

KDE's workflow is outdated and most of all IS WRONG. I do not want to see every moment the list of active windows. I do not want a ugly and complex application launcher. In gnome 2 the first things I did after a fresh install was to remove the bottom bar, add a dock (e.g. docky) and enable the expose-like plug-in for compiz. That is the workflow that works for me, and gnome 3 is supporting exactly that, plus the default alt-tab and alt-` is absolutely wonderfull.