Why I love Linux,.

[Induane]

First, I like GNOME better than KDE, but you\'re being unfair. KDE has multiple workspaces too and you can run gnome programs the other way around too.

KDE has one problem with its multiple workspaces.  Even when switching desktops, the apps still show up on the taskbar.  A new desketop in KDE is like minimizing all the apps  you were using and starting some more, then closing them and unminimizing the old apps. The taskbar just stays that much more cluttered.  In Gnome, the apps dissappear from the task bar as well, which is a cleaner solution.


WindowMaker is indeed good.  Enlightenment is also good as is the new XFCE which is excellent.  Also I quite enjoy blackbox as there is a windows port.  On the rare occasion I boot to my small windows partition, It looks exactly the same!  Since I\'ve themed them the same it works out quite well.

[Wired_Crawler]

I have found this link (http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/18/2033216  ) in Linux+ magazine. Read it, the article is funny for both Windows and Linux fans

[lynx_lupo]

You can isolate desktops in kde too. I should know, since I\'m using it.

[1Samildanach]

To make KDE make windows from other desktops disapear completely, look in the control center. I think its under \"taskbar\" or something (this comp. is running Gnome on Fedora 3 [and it isn\'t mine, I don\'t have a \'puter of my own  ;( ]).

I like Linux  its nice    and anyway, how could anyone resist Tux?

[schloob]

there are many others which do not turn you into a windoze-linux-mutant.

what? i just pick the one that helps me get things done that fastest. i type alt+W to open a terminal which i use 95% of the time, and i can just type whatever commands i\'m going to use in the box above my windows. i have yet to try other window managers because frankly, i think i broke something. what does using gnome have to do with using windows? i\'ll use evilWM if you really want me to.

[miLosh]

yeah thats exactly my point - and heavy loaded desktops like gnome
or kde do not let you do your stuff in the fastest way. well of course, if you just want to fireup a term you do not need a windowmanager
at all, simply use the x-server build-in xterm.

what does using gnome have to do with using windows?

nothing. i didnt say that using gnome is like using windoze, but that gnome and kde are trying to get the look&feel of windoze. hence you have a \'K\' or \'Gnome-Foot\' button where you find all your programs, categorized into \'programs\', \'configuration\', \'documents\' and so on... sounds familiar?

you say you want todo your stuff fast - this means for me that i dont have to move my mouse to the lower left corner to start the app i want, but simply right-click on the desktop somewhere and start it.

next, i love an organized desktop-environment. this means i have 8 desktops configured, each for its own purpose like mozilla, email, chatting, big-term, double-term, qtorrent, gimp or planeshift. i can choose \'per\' app which icon i want to have in all desktops\' taskbar and which only in the one where the app is running.

thats a different approach then kde, gnome or windoze have. windowmaker gives me that, thats why i love it. i tried many different desktops, from fluxbox, fmvw(95), gnome, kde, icewm or xfce - but when it comes to productivity, windowmaker is the only dekstop where i feel really happy on a long-term-base without feeling the need to constantly change something. plus it has hundreds of dockapps and tousands of all-in-one themes.

the configuration is straight forward, all is done in one configuration dialog - not as in gnome or kde, where you have a dozen configuration menu\'s, one for icons, themes, apps, fonts, languages, and so on... nothing is hidden, i know where to look for something without really \'knowing\' it.

and lastly, together with cygwin i can use windowmaker on my windoze desktop at work

however, use what ever you feel happy with - my point is simply that there are many and probably better desktops for linux than gnome or kde.

[lanser]

Originally posted by 1Samildanach
To make KDE make windows from other desktops disapear completely, look in the control center. I think its under \"taskbar\" or something (this comp. is running Gnome on Fedora 3 [and it isn\'t mine, I don\'t have a \'puter of my own  ;( ]).

I like Linux  its nice    and anyway, how could anyone resist Tux?

Just right click on the taskbar>configure panel>taskbar and right at the top of the list clear the \"Show windows from all desktops\" checkbox and your done. That is one of the reasons that I personally prefer KDE to Gnome you have much more control over the interface (IMO).

regards
John

[Induane]

You are right - KDE has a bit more control over the interface, it just has more features.  Gnome has fewer controls and features I believe, but that makes it more simple and more lightweight.  For someone first makng the switch from windows to linux, its probabily just a little simpler and easier to use.  Alot of themes can be added just by drag and drom, something that KDE doesn\'t do nearly as well.  It also seems to start faster (unless you are using YOPER linux, which somehow makes KDE start in about 3 seconds.)  

Windowmakrs dockable apps are awsome cool, and many friends of mine have commented on my work desktop.