What would you do? (desktop environments)

[google01103]

@prudra

I remember reading in the forum of some other linux distro something like this: “All linuxes having the same kernel and the same libc6 will be essentially the same. The minor difference is the package management.” If that is the truth will the distro really matter so much?

there are thing that do make a difference:

• community
• timeliness of security patches, updates and new releases (apps, d.e., kernel)
• not all distros provide multiple d.e.'s (desktop environments)
• applications packaged
• some distros enhance their implementation of the the d.e.'s
• 32bit & 64bit version availability

[phanisvara]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:36:01 +0530, google01103
<google01103@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> prudra;2300995 Wrote:
>> I remember reading in the forum of some other linux distro something
>> like this: “All linuxes having the same kernel and the same libc6 will
>> be essentially the same. The minor difference is the package
>> management.” If that is the truth will the distro really matter so much?
>
> there are thing that do make a difference:
> - community
> - timeliness of security patches, updates and new releases (apps, d.e.,
> kernel)
> - not all distros provide multiple d.e.'s (desktop environments)
> - applications packaged
> - some distros enhance their implementation of the the d.e.'s
> - 32bit & 64bit version availability
>

and there are other things that matter, too (for me, that is):

• through how many hoops you have to hop to get to the applications or
  settings you often need;
• how much the distro developers assume to know what you want–or rather
  presume–and arrange things in a certain way w/o giving you an easy option
  to change the defaults;
• how often things break, and how long they remain broken at times;

i don’t have much experience with different repos. got stuck with openSUSE
because i like it & the community. another one i’d consider is debian,
which i had to set up for a remote server implementation. that feels very
good, too.

–
phani.

[Alexander_Naumov]

@DenverD

On 02/28/2011 03:06 PM, dragonbite wrote:
>
> What would you do if you could not, for whatever reason, use
> your favorite Desktop Environment on your chosen distribution
> (openSUSE)?

i would just sit and cry…all day…

LOL
me too

…but it’s complicated to imagine such situation.

If I can’t use KDE, I will use Fluxbox.
If I can’t use Fluxbox, I will use KDE.
I like both.

But yes, I think, If oS will be so bad and I can’t use KDE or Fluxbox… I will use another distro

[JoergJaeger]

@dragonbite

What would you do if you could not, for whatever reason, use your favorite Desktop Environment on your chosen distribution (openSUSE)?

Would you switch to another distribution with your preferred desktop environment or would you change desktop environments in the same distribution? If so, to which one?
:dont-know:

I think i would impale myself and after that drink a cup of tea and then see what else is there. Perhaps.