Comments on: Getting noticed http://www.asinen.org/2009/11/getting-noticed/ A troll's eye view Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stu http://www.asinen.org/2009/11/getting-noticed/comment-page-/#comment-104 Stu Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:58:45 +0000 http://www.asinen.org/blog/?p=108#comment-104 Dunno about Windows 7 - thing is though, even if (I'm not in a position to comment on this) it's better at the moment, that's what Windows is going to be for the next couple of years or so. KDE and Gnome will keep on getting better in that time. But really, whatever suits you best. Not sure about the apps argument though: Gnome has something better than Dolphin, Konqueror, Amarok, KOffice? (Firefox is not a Gnome app any more than Arora is KDE, ditto OpenOffice.org). Still, I suppose the fact I use KDE suggests I prefer the KDE apps anyway, so I'm obviously biased. Dunno about Windows 7 – thing is though, even if (I’m not in a position to comment on this) it’s better at the moment, that’s what Windows is going to be for the next couple of years or so. KDE and Gnome will keep on getting better in that time. But really, whatever suits you best.

Not sure about the apps argument though: Gnome has something better than Dolphin, Konqueror, Amarok, KOffice? (Firefox is not a Gnome app any more than Arora is KDE, ditto OpenOffice.org). Still, I suppose the fact I use KDE suggests I prefer the KDE apps anyway, so I’m obviously biased.

]]> By: Stu http://www.asinen.org/2009/11/getting-noticed/comment-page-/#comment-103 Stu Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:49:43 +0000 http://www.asinen.org/blog/?p=108#comment-103 Is metacity a practical alternative as a compositing window manager at the moment? I mean, does it have all the useless bling we need - or at least, want? ;-) Is metacity a practical alternative as a compositing window manager at the moment? I mean, does it have all the useless bling we need – or at least, want? ;-)

]]> By: mike http://www.asinen.org/2009/11/getting-noticed/comment-page-1/#comment-101 mike Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:37:55 +0000 http://www.asinen.org/blog/?p=108#comment-101 Who uses Compiz anymore? Was hyped long ago, but now we have metacity, and soon mutter, which will be so far ahead :) Who uses Compiz anymore?

Was hyped long ago, but now we have metacity, and soon mutter, which will be so far ahead :)

]]> By: Dread Knight http://www.asinen.org/2009/11/getting-noticed/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Dread Knight Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:17:25 +0000 http://www.asinen.org/blog/?p=108#comment-100 Been using KDE3/4 for a long time, but switched to Gnome recently. And I can honestly say Gnome+Compiz sucks d1ck compared to Kwin regarding performance and number of issues. Gnome 3 seems interesting, really looking forward to see how KDE4 and Gnome 3 evolve, but for now I have Windows 7 on one of my machines I use the most and I'm happy with it, cool start menu, fast, stable and the little enhancements and task bar are really cool; not much crap to fiddle with and most important... it's here! KDE4 has too much shit to fiddle with and the apps are not there yet, Gnome is more simple and the apps are better; I don't wanna move stuff around, I want the desktop to be sort of 'chrome-less', stiff and not much crap to configure/move around because it's about getting work done, not about 'oh look how pretty it is' kind of stuff, so Gnome 3 might have a huge advantage over KDE4 in that area. Been using KDE3/4 for a long time, but switched to Gnome recently. And I can honestly say Gnome+Compiz sucks d1ck compared to Kwin regarding performance and number of issues.

Gnome 3 seems interesting, really looking forward to see how KDE4 and Gnome 3 evolve, but for now I have Windows 7 on one of my machines I use the most and I’m happy with it, cool start menu, fast, stable and the little enhancements and task bar are really cool; not much crap to fiddle with and most important… it’s here!

KDE4 has too much shit to fiddle with and the apps are not there yet, Gnome is more simple and the apps are better; I don’t wanna move stuff around, I want the desktop to be sort of ‘chrome-less’, stiff and not much crap to configure/move around because it’s about getting work done, not about ‘oh look how pretty it is’ kind of stuff, so Gnome 3 might have a huge advantage over KDE4 in that area.

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