Re: desktop enviornment
By: Access Denied to Nightfox on Thu Aug 08 2013 11:09 pm
> That may very well be the case. If it is, my question would be what's wrong
> with the Windows GUI? I actually happen to really like Windows 7's GUI. That
> makes KDE a shoe-in for me to enjoy using it as well, I suppose. Then again,
> there's plenty of themes out there to change the style of any desktop
> environment. You can make Gnome look like KDE, and vice versa. You can make
> them both look like OSX, and there's probably some crazy person that made a
> theme to reflect Windows 3.1. lol
>
> I do like your last sentence, though. Everything is worth giving a try at le
ast
> once. If you don't like it, you don't ever have to use it again. :)
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>
>
Hi Nick,
My guess with a lot of people who use Windows is that it's so prevalent that
they are always yearning for something a bit different. I'm not speaking for
Nightfox of course (he may have other reasons entirely).
I sometimes find the Windows interface to be a bit uninspired, but like you
find Windows 7 to be a pleasant surprise. Ironically it's the massive shift of
Windows 8 that has given me an ice-cream headache.
For me I think KDE is my go to for the same reason the industry has settled on
Windows for the desktop. It's proven and just works (more or less). With KDE I
get the added plus of being able to customize to my hearts content and utilize
the multiple desktops which come in handy. From a visual perspective Windows
almost reminds of a stripped down KDE, which probably sounds like a knock but
really isn't.
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