For all its gaudiness, KDE also has a strong lineup of applications that work quite well. Gnome has a handful of proprietary programs it borrows and little more.
Maybe you'll get Archenemy cards in your Duel Decks From The Vault: Deck Builder's Toolkit All-Foil Duels of the Planeswalkers Downloadable Content Expansion (Tactics Edition).
Proprietary programs are third-party; things like FIrefox, Open Office, and Gaim.
KDE's apps are all made especially for KDE, which allows them to integrate rather well with each other (and since many use the same KDE libs, they can run fast as hell).
The SLAB > Default Menu. In fact, Novell (the devs of SuSE Linux and creators of SLAB) apparently believe it so much, that it _is_ the default menu in their latest distrobution.
Also, if it's about real estate... then having one small panel makes more sense. The slab eliminates the need for quicklinks, and as long as you have a three-button mouse, or use Compiz, you can get away with taskbar only showing windows in open workspace.
"Hello! I've come to serenade you. I can't play guitar. I can't play this accordion either, but I thought it'd be less obvious."
Dylan Moran, Black Books
Proprietary programs are third-party; things like FIrefox, Open Office, and Gaim.
Ah, I see. Usually when people refer to "proprietary software," they mean it as the opposite of free, Open-Source software. I understand what you meant, though, and I suppose that's true.
KDE's apps are all made especially for KDE, which allows them to integrate rather well with each other (and since many use the same KDE libs, they can run fast as hell).
I've never noticed a performance hit from using third-party software.
The SLAB > Default Menu. In fact, Novell (the devs of SuSE Linux and creators of SLAB) apparently believe it so much, that it _is_ the default menu in their latest distrobution.
I'll try slab for a while.
Also, if it's about real estate... then having one small panel makes more sense. The slab eliminates the need for quicklinks, and as long as you have a three-button mouse, or use Compiz, you can get away with taskbar only showing windows in open workspace.
In terms of usability and real estate, the slab will always take up more space when opened than both panels combined, and it will always be one more click to reach the programs I want.
And here is the long-awaited KDE screenshots. The first is my desktop, and the second is this truly awesome tool for KDE called Kompose, which mimics OSX's Expose feature.
Will: All Gnome applications are written using the same basic libraries; GTK, glib, and occasionally libraries like libgnome. Firefox and OpenOffice.org are no more Gnome applications than they are KDE applications; they are simply applications that try to appear integrated into Gnome. And because they don't do it very well, they have competitors in Epiphany and Gnome Office, respectively.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Sing lustily and with good courage.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
I don't much like Epiphany or Gnome Office. Mostly because: (a) the afore-mentioned programs are generally outright better, and (b) because Firefox and OpenOffice are included in more popular distrobutions with the Gnome Desktop.
Firefox is by no means "outright better;" I use Epiphany for the vast majority of things and find it a lot more intuitive than Firefox could ever be. Abiword is certainly inferior to Writer, but mostly in aspects that I don't use; Gnumeric and Calc are pretty much equal.
The reason Firefox and OpenOffice are included in the main distributions is their widespread use on Windows. There has been some movement toward getting Epiphany included by default in Ubuntu, however.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Sing lustily and with good courage.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
My wonderful desktop, also Gnome on Ubuntu:
This user has been banned from trading on MTGsalvation.
Those icons are ginormous.
Oh and dual-panel setup sucks.
(I like Super Karamba more than gdesklets, and those widgets were only there for show and tell purposes. They aren't running atm)
[KalmWave] [Last.FM]
Ubuntu Linux
[ SHOP | WEEKLY CONTEST ]
I'm going to be gone for the next few weeks due to school and college sign-ups. Be back as soon as possible.
My Eternal Cube on CubeTutor| |My Reject Rare Cube on CubeTutor| |My Peasant Cube on CubeTutor
I used to write for MTGS, including Cranial Insertion and cube articles. Good on you if you can find those after the upgrade.
SVG and SVG Crystal are not only severely out of date, but ugly as well. Amaranth ftw.
A) Add the taskbar to your top one.
B) Remove the quicklink ****.
C) Install the slab menu (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=208131)
D) Enjoy
For all its gaudiness, KDE also has a strong lineup of applications that work quite well. Gnome has a handful of proprietary programs it borrows and little more.
[KalmWave] [Last.FM]
Ubuntu Linux
KXDocker and its ilk suck terribly.
[KalmWave] [Last.FM]
Ubuntu Linux
I actually use Tangerine, although the Windows icon came from the internet. My taskbar will remain on the bottom where it belongs. It takes up way too much space on its own to move to the top. I'm way too addicted to those little buggers to do that. Eh... seems to bulky for me. I like my screen real-estate. I may end up giving it a try. That one I can do :D. I don't really have a comment on this; I've never used KDE, and I only have a few K apps, none of which are particularly impressive or dissapointing. I don't understand what you mean by this. Examples? I prefer the taskbar UI myself. Again, it's an issue of real-estate.
-> Kumori
http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/images/desktops/David_Hoe/kumori1280.jpg
Watercolor Ergonomic
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=32604
And loving it, haven't changed anything for months.
KDE's apps are all made especially for KDE, which allows them to integrate rather well with each other (and since many use the same KDE libs, they can run fast as hell).
The SLAB > Default Menu. In fact, Novell (the devs of SuSE Linux and creators of SLAB) apparently believe it so much, that it _is_ the default menu in their latest distrobution.
Also, if it's about real estate... then having one small panel makes more sense. The slab eliminates the need for quicklinks, and as long as you have a three-button mouse, or use Compiz, you can get away with taskbar only showing windows in open workspace.
[KalmWave] [Last.FM]
Ubuntu Linux
spanglegluppet dot com
"Hello! I've come to serenade you. I can't play guitar. I can't play this accordion either, but I thought it'd be less obvious."
Dylan Moran, Black Books
Where did you get that pic? Man, I want that soooo bad!
Drak
Ah, I see. Usually when people refer to "proprietary software," they mean it as the opposite of free, Open-Source software. I understand what you meant, though, and I suppose that's true. I've never noticed a performance hit from using third-party software. I'll try slab for a while. In terms of usability and real estate, the slab will always take up more space when opened than both panels combined, and it will always be one more click to reach the programs I want.
[KalmWave] [Last.FM]
Ubuntu Linux
And yes, I do have a huge crush on Tifa. Don't hate me for it.
The desktop is Charles I of England.
Will: All Gnome applications are written using the same basic libraries; GTK, glib, and occasionally libraries like libgnome. Firefox and OpenOffice.org are no more Gnome applications than they are KDE applications; they are simply applications that try to appear integrated into Gnome. And because they don't do it very well, they have competitors in Epiphany and Gnome Office, respectively.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
[KalmWave] [Last.FM]
Ubuntu Linux
The reason Firefox and OpenOffice are included in the main distributions is their widespread use on Windows. There has been some movement toward getting Epiphany included by default in Ubuntu, however.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Co-Host, In Contention Podcast / Yo! MTG Taps! Podcast
In Contention
Yo! MTG Taps!
Twitter.com/AffinityForBlue