Sunday, 6 July 2008

I feel so dirty...

Yeah I know, I switched to GNOME...

Why? I got a bit sick of KDE to be honest. It has great apps but I find the interface to be extremely clunky despite some rather complicated attempts to customize it.

I've gone 31.5 hours without sleep now (work and party) and I have a suspicion that the delirium has played a large part in my choice.

However, there are some things I really quite like about GNOME, allow me to enumerate:

  • A more elegant approach to the menu. It's small and unobtrusive. It's not as fantastically minimalistic as Fluxbox but as far as GUIs go, this one is pretty nice.
  • Easier to customize. As someone who does a lot of things on computers, I like to have my menus organized into specific tasks and GNOME allows me to do this with ease.
  • More ergonomic - Going back to the last point, the menu is far easier to use. Though not a major thing, it is a comforting concept.
  • Compiz-fusion - need I say more?
  • Some very nice apps for GNOME
  • And more
So yeah, GNOME is really keeping me happy, if not I'll switch between interfaces (KDE, GNOME and Fluxbox) as needed.

Until then...

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