[Cialug] The Linux Desktop and Window Managers - when is too much?

[aaron]

On 07/25/2013 12:12 PM, Dave Hala wrote:
> I'm also a KDE fan.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:05 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2013, aaron wrote:
>>
>>> My question to the group is, When is too much? Can there be too much?
>>> Personally I think a more unified WM across all distros will help
>>> greatly bring Linux more in focus of the mass user base.
>>>
>> If you want 'old style', you have a number of choices. If you want
>> 'current', Gnome3 (and KDE whatever) are your choices.
>>
>> Personally, I liked the simplicity of Gnome3 when it was mainstreamed two
>> years ago and have never looked back.
>>
>> Of course, some things are a little headscratching (like the lack of
>> ability to set an 'array' of workspaces in favor of one vertical list),
>> but those are easly Googlable.
>>
>> For a server, *IF* I need X at all, I normaly install XFCE.
>>
>>          Lee
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At the start, I tried many DM's in many different Distros. I ran Fedora, 
OpenSuse, CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. I ultimately settled on Debian 
based distros and thus I now run Mint and Pure Debian, however, if I had 
the time, Arch would be my favourite.

In all honesty, I like the functionality and extreme customisation I 
have with Mate for my personal desktop. On my servers, if I need a 
Desktop manager, I install XFCE or Awesome or Gnome with fall back mode. 
I used Debian for my servers, and with Wheezy's introduction, XFCE and 
Gnome are desktop options at install.

I'm not against choices, in fact that's one thing I very much love about 
Linux. However Choices often confuse the average user and thus will 
alienate them. I like the thinking that Ubuntu has with Unity, but I 
don't like Unity one bit, it's confining and lame for customisation. 
However, Ubuntu is the most visible at this time to those non-Linux 
Enthusiasts such as many of us here. And my thinking is for Linux to 
really make it to the masses, unification, instead of fragmentation 
(while still keeping true to our roots) must be a goal.

-- 
Aaron AKA ~A.M.P.~

"The day one losses themself, is the day they lose the world." - A.M.P.