Linux desktop

what's the best Linux desktop environment and why?

battletoads ftw

Every DE there is, for various reasons.

that's like asking which car is the best and why. you need to be more specific, otherwise all your responses will be completely subjective

OP here, erm, i just wanted to hear a few opinions, maybe i could have worded the question better.

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why: fast, requires no additional software or X server overhead, and works on any hardware.

>>6
And you can use powerful tools like screen. Better than any window manager.

1. Linux is great if you don't depend on anything proprietary. This would include games, other various programs, computing hardware, and file formats and protocols.
2. Linux is great if you are willing to spend a bit of time, effort or even money to learn about the ways of a system that is not Windows.
3. Go read the dozens of Linux and Ubuntu books that are around.
4. Dual boot Windows and Ubuntu. Ya rly. There's little reason why you can't have both on your computer.
5. Whenever you can, try to look past the hype.

disregard that, I posted in the wrong thread

i like gnome. it is simple. the "start" menu is very clean, the iterface is good and the natulis file browser is the best i have seen compared to other linux file browsers.

gnome is a resource whore
kde = i dunno lol
xfce = lightweight

It's all horrendous.

Gnome is about the best in my opinion although enlightenment is pretty good

>>13
GNOME is a desktop environment, Enlightenment is a window manager.  It's possible to use Enlightenment with GNOME.
Learn the fucking difference, Ubuntufag.

>>14
>>15 is not >>13, but some of us (me for instance), prefer to just run the window manager. I hate every DE I've ever tried, so I use straight Enlightenment or Fluxbox, personally.

Tom's Window Manager, of course using kwrite. Vim is not appropriate for more than editing your profile.

I use KDE. It does what I want it to, and I didn't like gnome.
It's just subjective really. XFCE is okay too.

>>16
For everything else, there's emacs you pussy.

>>16, >>18
faggots

Gnome 3.0 will finally have absolutely no features. Only wallpaper, cursor, compiz's wobbly windows and 3d cube, xeyes and fucking glxgears