[olug] WM recommendation for switchers

[Chad Homan]

Ah choices...

Personally, I could not agree more with gnome.  Especially for the newbie.
Simple and straight forward. Two characteristics one definitely wants on
their
side when transitioning those from the dark side.

However I would also agree KDE is at the top of the list.  And in a month,
we'll see another candidate LXDE.

I have had great luck with sharing ubuntu to the masses and usually it's
with gnome.  And just like mac, I like to let them know there will be a
learning
curve.  I "hint" that gnome is not there only option, and briefly describe a
few
of the other  WM's.  Then I like to watch as the user self-implodes because
they
are now free to choose.

Bottom  line I think gnome is a great place to start, but user personalities

and machine capabilities will rule the day.  Thanks for free will, penguin
gods

Chad, CISSP

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:

> > gnome.  less clutter -- easier comprehension
>
> Agreed.  KDE's configuration is far too convoluted.  I'd never recommend
> it to a newbie.  I use KDE at work & Gnome at home just to keep up on both,
> and I curse KDE every time I have to hunt down how to change something.
> I still use it, though, because there's some nice things that you just
> can't do with gnome.
>
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