I've tried the modern versions of all the DEs. I must say that I like xfce the best, though.
I first started out with KDE. I liked how it had a familliar interface out of the box, and had tons of tools and games. I really liked crusader, as well. All this was well and good, but I discovered that it was slowly eating up my CPU cycles. The problem with KDE is that it's become bloated to the point of using up all the processing power of a computer, even on a midrange one.
GNOME I tried next. I was bewildered by an unfamilliar interface, and not being able to configure even basic aspects of the UI (Such as panel osition) without another package. Even then, I was put off by it's strange way of organizing stuff in the menu(Alphabetacally, not Fuctionally.) It was also almost as heavy on processing power as KDE.
Finally, I tried xfce. Immediately I noticed the lack of the bloat of KDE, and the intuitiveness of the interface. I like how I could right-click on the panel, and change everything around. It had easy ways to add just what I wanted, unlike in GNOME where I had to wrench it into doing what I wanted, not what the designers thought looked best. It was also lightweight, no sucking up all the cycles. It includes only 20 programs, unlike the hundreds in KDE.
I think this clearly sets xfce above everything else, except maybe lxde. Xfce includes a few features that lxde doesn't have, but lxde is almost twice as light. This makes it better for smaller systems, but xfce has a larger support base. GNOME and the Kool Desktop Environment don't have anything on xfce. Light, fast, and functional; What else could I want?
I first started out with KDE. I liked how it had a familliar interface out of the box, and had tons of tools and games. I really liked crusader, as well. All this was well and good, but I discovered that it was slowly eating up my CPU cycles. The problem with KDE is that it's become bloated to the point of using up all the processing power of a computer, even on a midrange one.
GNOME I tried next. I was bewildered by an unfamilliar interface, and not being able to configure even basic aspects of the UI (Such as panel osition) without another package. Even then, I was put off by it's strange way of organizing stuff in the menu(Alphabetacally, not Fuctionally.) It was also almost as heavy on processing power as KDE.
Finally, I tried xfce. Immediately I noticed the lack of the bloat of KDE, and the intuitiveness of the interface. I like how I could right-click on the panel, and change everything around. It had easy ways to add just what I wanted, unlike in GNOME where I had to wrench it into doing what I wanted, not what the designers thought looked best. It was also lightweight, no sucking up all the cycles. It includes only 20 programs, unlike the hundreds in KDE.
I think this clearly sets xfce above everything else, except maybe lxde. Xfce includes a few features that lxde doesn't have, but lxde is almost twice as light. This makes it better for smaller systems, but xfce has a larger support base. GNOME and the Kool Desktop Environment don't have anything on xfce. Light, fast, and functional; What else could I want?
