5 Sep
2009
5 Sep
'09
9:29 a.m.
Ray Rashif wrote:
2009/9/5 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)alice-dsl.net
<mailto:ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>>
Ray Rashif wrote:
How could I forget - e17 actually has _a lot_ of potential.
More than KDE as a whole.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/E17_bw_screenshot.png
But that's all it has - potential.
I'm an e17 and KDE user and IMHO you are wrong, just because KDE
is stable and e17 very, very often is a PITA. I might be wrong,
but I guess KDE is able to do nearly everything e17 could do + a
little bit more. The only reason not to use KDE3 or KDE4 is the
usage of resources by this DE. In addition I would suggest to use
KDE with KWin and not a WM that needs proprietary graphics
drivers. I'm only referring to the so called "pro-audio" usage.
Ralf
I don't know what you're getting at, but I hope you understand the
meaning of "potential". It's evident that e17 has got it right
especially when its fancy graphical effects works smoothly on an AMD
K6. That's a start, because in that way we know nothing is choking
(especially in KWin where there are random artifacts if compositing is
disabled). What I'm saying is that it _can_ be comparable to KDE's
usability, sometime in the future when it's stable.
For now I have to keep LXDE as a secondary environment.
Anyway what WM needs proprietary graphics drivers?
E17 didn't change a lot since it was the default for the JAD installing
media some years ago, KDE did change a lot. Yes e17 has got potential,
that's why I'm using it again, but it's very experimental. I don't like
crashs when I try to chose fonts, I like to chose fonts etc., something
that isn't fine for e17.
All those "show my desktops as a cube and add rain to my windows" and
make all windows transparent needs proprietary drivers, okay, KWin is
able to do transparency too, but it still isn't a "show my desktops as a
cube and add rain to my windows" DE.
Just my 2 cents.
Ralf
