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The general direction of the Linux desktop
roberts:
--- Quote ---For comparison, the size of a default Gnome desktop install for Etch was 1360MB; for Lenny it is 1830MB; for Squeeze it looks like it will be well over 3000MB! Remember that for Sarge we installed both Gnome and KDE from CD1 with both together taking 1390MB?
Sure, some of that is real functionality, but a lot is also (IMO) redundant visual effects that only serve to slow the desktop down and junk needed to do stuff automagically. And a heck of a lot is duplicated functionality. One of the main reasons I switched to Linux was because it gave me back control over my systems, but with KDE4 and pervasive stuff like hal and all the various "kits" Linux is on a fast track that's giving priority to flashiness over real functionality and eroding that control.
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Full article: http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp/log/posts/debtree_0.7.3_-_Oh_what_tangled_webs_we_weave.html
As the others grow larger, I try to go smaller, by doing more with less.
bmarkus:
Agree. This is why I have choosen Xfce4 to port which is still small enough yet feature reach, modular and what is also important has a live developer and user community and continously developed. Its size and philosophy fits to TC well.
Another possible alternative is LXDE which is also small and not resource hungry.
tclfan:
As much as I had been using XFCE in the past (gnome, kde and vista bload completely unacceptable) with xubuntu and zenwalk, I would be happier with still lighter one like LXDE.
Linux with Gnome and KDE as well as Vista took the wrong path, bloated with garbage and inefficiency.
The ultimately desirable would be fast and light system developed in Assembler, such as Kolibri, unfortunately the development cycle of Kolibri is far too slow (It is not truly usable yet). Therefore Tiny Core with LXDE would be nice to see, as probably the most efficient, usable desktop in existence...
bigpcman:
--- Quote from: TCLFAN on September 08, 2009, 11:33:15 AM ---As much as I had been using XFCE in the past (gnome, kde and vista bload completely unacceptable) with xubuntu and zenwalk, I would be happier with still lighter one like LXDE.
Linux with Gnome and KDE as well as Vista took the wrong path, bloated with garbage and inefficiency.
The ultimately desirable would be fast and light system developed in Assembler, such as Kolibri, unfortunately the development cycle of Kolibri is far too slow (It is not truly usable yet). Therefore Tiny Core with LXDE would be nice to see, as probably the most efficient, usable desktop in existence...
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So is there anything holding back LXDE from being used with tc? Why has an extension not been created?
bmarkus:
--- Quote from: bigpcman on September 08, 2009, 12:13:55 PM ---So is there anything holding back LXDE from being used with tc? Why has an extension not been created?
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Because nobody created yet :P A while ago I ported LXDE to a ... live system. I will try to repeat this deal.
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