Comments on: tech topics on my mind : 3 http://aaronbeals.com/2008/08/10/tech-topics-on-my-mind-3/ drops of philosophy from the punchbowl of oblivion Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aaron http://aaronbeals.com/2008/08/10/tech-topics-on-my-mind-3/comment-page-1/#comment-25 aaron Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:32:04 +0000 http://aaronbeals.com/?p=105#comment-25 i used to go with the minimalist approach -- running a scaled-back enlightenment and then icewm (my favorite lightweight window manager). i liked the built-in apps of KDE, but the issue was always speed. now i find that KDE's overhead isn't a bottleneck, so i'm fine with it. of course, i still scale back the KDE UI features to keep it minimal... relatively speaking. i used to go with the minimalist approach — running a scaled-back enlightenment and then icewm (my favorite lightweight window manager). i liked the built-in apps of KDE, but the issue was always speed. now i find that KDE’s overhead isn’t a bottleneck, so i’m fine with it.

of course, i still scale back the KDE UI features to keep it minimal… relatively speaking.

]]> By: Rob http://aaronbeals.com/2008/08/10/tech-topics-on-my-mind-3/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Rob Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:54:06 +0000 http://aaronbeals.com/?p=105#comment-24 From a Debian user in college, to an Ubuntu user at IBM and at Endeca, Linux has come a helluva long way even in recent years. I had a lot of issues getting wireless to work correctly with Dapper Drake and Edgy Eft on my T42, T43, and T60 (had to compile custom kernel modules, couldn't use the NetworkManager, etc.), but now Hardy Heron works out-of-the-box on my T61, and the NetworkManager even does VPN! UI-wise, I personally have always been more of a minimalist desktop environment guy, using first Blackbox, then Fluxbox over KDE or GNOME. I tried Kubuntu for a while, but have decided that I prefer the GNOME environment. From a Debian user in college, to an Ubuntu user at IBM and at Endeca, Linux has come a helluva long way even in recent years. I had a lot of issues getting wireless to work correctly with Dapper Drake and Edgy Eft on my T42, T43, and T60 (had to compile custom kernel modules, couldn’t use the NetworkManager, etc.), but now Hardy Heron works out-of-the-box on my T61, and the NetworkManager even does VPN!

UI-wise, I personally have always been more of a minimalist desktop environment guy, using first Blackbox, then Fluxbox over KDE or GNOME. I tried Kubuntu for a while, but have decided that I prefer the GNOME environment.

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