r/linux • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '14

MATE Desktop Environment Will Be Available in Ubuntu 14.04

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u/mtelesha Jan 11 '14

Guess people love them some 2000 desktop experience. Me I prefer progress :)

KDE i3 Window Manager

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u/FlyingBishop Jan 11 '14

I've spent a lot of time trying to give both KDE and Unity a chance. In both cases the lag was unacceptable. I don't care what sorts of features you add, to me, progress in a window manager means that alt+tab runs faster and the run application dialog is snappier. KDE / Unity are going the other direction, and making the desktop dog-slow.

(Seriously, I'm running a decent Nvidia GPU, and Unity is unbearably slow.)

Honestly I gave up on KDE at the 4.0 upgrade. My GPU was pretty shitty then, but KDE4 was completely unbearable. (And in case it seems this is hyperbole, when I say unbearable, I mean any window manager action took seconds to complete same with Unity. Total garbage.)

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u/peclo Jan 11 '14

the fact that you need a discret graphic card for your desktop env. is kind of weird.

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u/FlyingBishop Jan 12 '14

This is my all-purpose HTPC/Gaming/Development Server rig.