<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Bruce Byfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bbyfield@axion.net" target="_blank">bbyfield@axion.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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As you may have heard, KDE recently topped the Linux Journal's Readers' Choice<br>
Awards.<br>
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That got me thinking. Why do people prefer KDE? What advantages do you think<br>
it has over other desktop environments?<br>
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Warning: If I get enough replies, I may use them in a blog entry for Linux Pro<br>
Magazine.<br>
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My thanks in advance for any replies.<br>
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Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time)<br>
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website: <a href="http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/" target="_blank">http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/</a><br><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Bruce,</div><div><br></div><div>I use KDE on OpenSuse and I've used it pretty much since around 2000 I think, maybe earlier. Initially on Mandrake.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have tried Gnome during a brief flirtation with Red Hat and later Ubuntu as well as on SuSE.</div><div><br></div><div>On my AV appliance (Debian based) I run LXDE but in that setup the DE is pretty much meaningless and Blackbox or Windowmaker would work just as well, but LXDE came with that appliance, however I use Dolphin and Konqueror in that environment for file management both locally and via FTP to my webhost. </div>
<div><br></div><div>My laptop and my main desktop use KDE. The main reasons are Flexibility and the application stack.</div><div><br></div><div>I like to be able to set my desktop up to suit my way of working KDE has always been able to do that far better than any other DE. While the ability to change Desktop Environments easily was one of the things that converted me to Linux as my primary platform, I find that I've always come back to KDE because of the flexibility and ease of customisation.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The application stack.</div><div><br></div><div>Konqueror is an essential no matter what platform or DE I'm using. Nothing has the same broad range of abilities as a file manager, a web browser, an ftp client. It doesn't care if files are on the local machine or my webserver, it treats all files the same. I can chop it up into multiple windows in the same tab allowing me to manage multiple file storage facilities at the same time. Excellent, long may it continue. Dolphin is close but not the same.</div>
<div><br></div><div>KATE: Best editor out there, very usable</div><div><br></div><div>I used to be a big fan of Kontact, it was the Outlook killer, but of late I've had to stop using it as it's become a nightmare. Many issues on bugzilla have I commented on. Too bad, when I first stated using KDE, Kontact was a big reason.</div>
<div><br></div><div> K3B: I've yet to find anything that matches it on any platform.</div><div><br></div><div>I think OpenSUSE is a good indicator, the standard installation makes no preference toward KDE or Gnome, it is equally simple to install either Desktop Environment, but a significant majority of OpenSUSE users choose to use KDE.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Graham Lauder </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>