The Joy of Linux Desktop Environments

Post by hsitz » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 7:00 PM UTC

jlarocco wrote: post #29

falcolas wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> get your DE/WM just the way you want it, you can be more productive Does that ever actually occur? My vimrc changes almost on a daily basis, and I'm frequently changing plugins, writing new tools, and creating new aliases all time time. And that's just for my terminal. Having to repeat some of those modifications 3-4 times because I'm using a slightly different terminal app for each individual task would, I think,…

> Does that ever actually occur? My vimrc changes almost on a daily basis, and I'm frequently changing plugins, writing new tools, and creating new aliases all time time. And that's just for my terminal. Don't take it the wrong way, but that sounds like a personal problem ;-) If I were changing my configuration files that often, I would start looking for an environment that worked better for me. My config editing is…

Post by reflexive » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 7:02 PM UTC

yoz-y wrote: post #2

I do not subscribe to the idea that it is a good thing to switch from one DE to another for specific tasks. I think it is better to learn one, master it and stick to it. Otherwise time that should be spent working is spent on tinkering with the DE.

Post by adrianlmm » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 7:06 PM UTC

Post by justinsaccount » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 7:07 PM UTC

anondon wrote: post #25

One thing I noticed about installing multiple desktop environment on Ubuntu: they all have different default apps that are always installed. So when you have two desktop environments, you end up with 2 different terminals, 2 different file browsers, 2 different archive managers etc. You could uninstall apps that have the exact same purpose, but it would be nice if there was a formal way for DEs to recognize and ackno…

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Post by digi_owl » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 7:13 PM UTC

hsitz wrote: post #31

jlarocco wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Does that ever actually occur? My vimrc changes almost on a daily basis, and I'm frequently changing plugins, writing new tools, and creating new aliases all time time. And that's just for my terminal. Don't take it the wrong way, but that sounds like a personal problem ;-) If I were changing my configuration files that often, I would start looking for an environment that worked better for me. My config editing is…

>Don't take it the wrong way, but that sounds like a personal problem Yes, and in addition one that exists regardless of what OS/WM/DE you're running, since Vim and Emacs configuraion works basically the same whatever platform they're on.