What desktop environment are you using?

kwerk said:
I saw there is a thread for which distro but not which x windows. I use rh/centos from the console but have never used linux as a desktop. I just tried the gnome versions that come with ubuntu and fedora and hated them. I'm not interested in ipad-esque twitter, chatting, amazon, music, pictures, etc rubbish like ubuntu is bloated with.

I want strictly utilitarian but at the same time something that works without a lot of tweaking. Thats the only thing I liked with ubuntu is the nvidia drivers were working out the box without having to mess about with modprobe or whatever. The old centos one was ok to work with, gnome 2 I think?

I think cinnamon or kde plasma is what I need?
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Im trying to get 7950 working at same speed it does in windows but only partly successful, its looking like I should just use a 8800gt and probably receive a lot less hassle.

I tried Mint 'cinnamon Rebecca' and now ubuntu 14.04 and i think ubuntu is smoother or more standardised perhaps. Also used steamos which i think is best left to nvidia card users

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hrm, so remove all amd might be too drastic
 
Am I the only long term Awesome WM fan then?!

I've thought about i3 but there's really no reason to change - my Awesome just works brilliantly. I can't imagine going back to a non-tiling window manager.
 
Could you say whats the megabytes used on load up. I always thought linux was the samurai sword of OS, the purely necessary honed but I load up ubuntu and its nearly a gig.
 
I'd go with KDE on Ubuntu or something if you don't want anything too fiddly.

I'm always an Arch fan but it's probably too much effort for you to get the nVidia drivers running. It's pretty smooth if you follow the instructions, but if something goes wrong you could be in for a bit of a nightmare.
 
I use LXDE everywhere here. Mostly because it doesn't do fancy animations, and I very often connect to my machines via x2go.
But really, all I really need is mrxvt, gkrellm, and geany; the rest is superfluous :-)
 
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