[svlug] (forw) Re: [conspire] could Linux desktop go reasonably any faster?

[Steve Litt]

On Wed, 1 Feb 2017 10:15:06 -0800
Mark Jaffe <jaffe.mark at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just noticed this thread, and wondered about the sanity of
> installing additional desktop environments on one of my boxen I
> depend on at work. I am currently on fedora24, and usually running
> one of the Gnome managers. I just saw KDE4 announcement and thought
> to try it out. Thoughts?

I'm a big fan of installing multiple GOSFUIs (Graphical Operating
System Facing User Interface), although I think KDE is a mistake
because in general it's unstable and huge.

What I'd recommend instead is installing one or several small GOSFUIs
to use in case speed or stability becomes an issue. Also, for each
additional GOSFUI, you usually get additional terminal emulators and
perhaps file managers, so even if you don't use the GOSFUI, you can use
its components.

Because of lxterminal and lxrandr, I'm a big fan of installing LXDE
even if you never use it. Lxrandr has saved my life, many times, during
presentations with a projector.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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