Comments on: FreeBSD 7.1 (and a Side Rant about KDE) http://bashelton.com/2009/03/freebsd-71-and-a-side-rant-about-kde/ Technology enthusiast gone rambling lunatic! Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Benjamin http://bashelton.com/2009/03/freebsd-71-and-a-side-rant-about-kde/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Benjamin Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:10:31 +0000 http://www.zancarius.com/?p=352#comment-149 I've found a lot of the eye candy to be too distracting. compiz-fusion (used to be Beryl until Beryl and compiz merged <i>back</i> after forking) is really nice, and it actually works under KDE 3--not well, but it works. KDE 4 attempts to remedy this situation by adding their own compositing system which works pretty well. It's buggy, but it does look rather promising. There are some things I don't like about the KDE 4 desktop which I will post about later. All in all, I just don't like Gnome. It's too awkward; if I'm going to go minimalistic, I'll use Openbox or Enlightenment! I’ve found a lot of the eye candy to be too distracting. compiz-fusion (used to be Beryl until Beryl and compiz merged back after forking) is really nice, and it actually works under KDE 3–not well, but it works. KDE 4 attempts to remedy this situation by adding their own compositing system which works pretty well. It’s buggy, but it does look rather promising.

There are some things I don’t like about the KDE 4 desktop which I will post about later. All in all, I just don’t like Gnome. It’s too awkward; if I’m going to go minimalistic, I’ll use Openbox or Enlightenment!

]]> By: Will Herren (Pedmont) http://bashelton.com/2009/03/freebsd-71-and-a-side-rant-about-kde/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Will Herren (Pedmont) Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:53:51 +0000 http://www.zancarius.com/?p=352#comment-147 I use GNOME personally... but there's a twist. I've played around with Beryl and love the thing. The effects are rediculously appealing, without giving me all the clutter and what-not that came with Vista's "Widget" system. :Sigh: It also gives me a lot more space to work with having a 3-dimensional desktop. I will sometimes get 3 or 4 different projects going at once. I use GNOME personally… but there’s a twist.

I’ve played around with Beryl and love the thing. The effects are rediculously appealing, without giving me all the clutter and what-not that came with Vista’s “Widget” system. :Sigh:
It also gives me a lot more space to work with having a 3-dimensional desktop. I will sometimes get 3 or 4 different projects going at once.

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