Comments on: GNOME Trials http://xyloid.org/2006/04/16/gnome-trials/ The world from a mathematician's perspective Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David Moxey http://xyloid.org/2006/04/16/gnome-trials/#comment-29 David Moxey Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:45:02 +0000 http://xyloid.org/wptest/?p=81#comment-29 Yeah, I know what you mean. It's certainly come a long, long way in terms of functionality and speed – I remember using it a long time ago on one of the old PPC distributions, and there have been vast improvements. 2.14 compared to KDE 3.5.3 is quite a bit faster, and I think the guys have quite a lot of work cut out to be able to make that up. I guess I'm going to stick to this for now, but I'll see what the future holds. KDE4 and Plasma look especially interesting. Yeah, I know what you mean. It’s certainly come a long, long way in terms of functionality and speed – I remember using it a long time ago on one of the old PPC distributions, and there have been vast improvements. 2.14 compared to KDE 3.5.3 is quite a bit faster, and I think the guys have quite a lot of work cut out to be able to make that up.

I guess I’m going to stick to this for now, but I’ll see what the future holds. KDE4 and Plasma look especially interesting.

]]> By: Timothy Retout http://xyloid.org/2006/04/16/gnome-trials/#comment-28 Timothy Retout Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:11:51 +0000 http://xyloid.org/wptest/?p=81#comment-28 I've started to use Epiphany over Firefox – it provides a little more integration with the rest of Gnome, like being able to subscribe to RSS feeds in Liferea. There are little touches about the desktop, like the Evolution calendar integration if you click on the clock on the top panel. In the past, I've found myself becoming claustrophobic with KDE - I sometimes find it <em>too</em> integrated. I'm seeing Gnome rapidly improve in many different ways… 2.14 was a milestone in terms of speed. Clearlooks is a nice clean default theme. Of course, my liking Gnome is also partly to do with maintaining the balance of power between the desktop factions in the LUG. :) I’ve started to use Epiphany over Firefox – it provides a little more integration with the rest of Gnome, like being able to subscribe to RSS feeds in Liferea. There are little touches about the desktop, like the Evolution calendar integration if you click on the clock on the top panel.

In the past, I’ve found myself becoming claustrophobic with KDE - I sometimes find it too integrated. I’m seeing Gnome rapidly improve in many different ways… 2.14 was a milestone in terms of speed. Clearlooks is a nice clean default theme.

Of course, my liking Gnome is also partly to do with maintaining the balance of power between the desktop factions in the LUG. :)

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