which is best-looking Linux Distib

[Faun]

An honest question, why do people prefer gnome/debian based systems to KDE based other distros?

Debian has deb packages which works like readymade click and install type. I have not installed any software in Ubuntu or Debian by compiling.

Btw you can have KDE or Gnome on debian, as its just a matter of choice.

Gnome is much simpler and easily modified to ones need.

KDE has has more Windoish feel and at times it provide settings which one would never even bother to care about. But KDE 4 looks promising, hoping for a stable release. And I hate that K in every KDE application.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

An honest question, why do people prefer gnome/debian based systems to KDE based other distros?

Because they are the best for newbies. Period.
Debian has vast repositories, high stability, huge community, etc along with being very easy to use. I have experienced it myself.
Gnome is simplistic and you can start using it right away. I especially like its menu system, which I feel has an insane level of simplicity and everything can be accessed from there.

But that does not mean Other Distros are not used by newbies. OpenSuSE KDE is very popular for example, though I would always recommend Debian due to the microscopic learning curve associated with it.

 

[FilledVoid]

To me I don't see the point of the question. All Linux distros can be customized to look pretty good. However it seems that you would like to know about the distros that look good out of box. Personally I prefer Mint I guess.

An honest question, why do people prefer gnome/debian based systems to KDE based other distros?

I feel that its is simplicity and effort to keep everything rather simple. Compare a KDE syste and a gnome system and you will see what I mean. I've found KDE to be more.. um.. Complex and cluttered perhaps? Well at least thats my opinion.

 

[Sathish]

what about elive
looks different.?

 

[MetalheadGautham]

I feel that its is simplicity and effort to keep everything rather simple. Compare a KDE syste and a gnome system and you will see what I mean. I've found KDE to be more.. um.. Complex and cluttered perhaps? Well at least thats my opinion.

Another thing not many people notice immidiately is the initial difficulty to get adjusted to KDE's naming policy. When in Gnome, all apps have generic names and are easily identifiable. But in KDE, apps have mispelled and Kryptic names. For instance, how do you expect a total newbie user to know that K3B is a disc burner and Kaffeine is a movie player ? On the other hand, its obvious that Brasero Disc Burner burns discs and Totem Movie Player is a media player. The mispelling based names like Konsole, Kalculator, Kaffeine, Kugar, Konqueror, Kommander, etc also sometimes offend some people at first sight, though they get adjusted to it later.

 

[SunnyChahal]

I wanna install a Linux distro.I've heard that ubuntu ibex has some issues.
Please suggest me a light,easy and zippy distro.I don't care bout the default looks as Linux is very customizable and I can easily theme it.
Didn't wanna create a new thread so shot here only.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

I wanna install a Linux distro.I've heard that ubuntu ibex has some issues.
Please suggest me a light,easy and zippy distro.I don't care bout the default looks as Linux is very customizable and I can easily theme it.
Didn't wanna create a new thread so shot here only.

Debian. Dream Linux. Get the latest Release Canditate and Dist Upgrade.

 

[SunnyChahal]

Debian or Dream Linux?

 

[Faun]

Another thing not many people notice immidiately is the initial difficulty to get adjusted to KDE's naming policy. When in Gnome, all apps have generic names and are easily identifiable. But in KDE, apps have mispelled and Kryptic names. For instance, how do you expect a total newbie user to know that K3B is a disc burner and Kaffeine is a movie player ? On the other hand, its obvious that Brasero Disc Burner burns discs and Totem Movie Player is a media player. The mispelling based names like Konsole, Kalculator, Kaffeine, Kugar, Konqueror, Kommander, etc also sometimes offend some people at first sight, though they get adjusted to it later.

kougar

 

[SunnyChahal]

Debian. Dream Linux. Get the latest Release Canditate and Dist Upgrade.

Hey!Dream Linux resembles Tiger a lot!
Looks cool,donwloading DL3.5 release candidate 4.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Hey!Dream Linux resembles Tiger a lot!
Looks cool,donwloading DL3.5 release candidate 4.

See ? I TOLD you that you will like it. Its the next step after ubuntu.

Don't get 3.4 because the dist-upgrade would pwn your desktop into nothingness.

 

[SunnyChahal]

^^
I'm getting 3.5.
I hope it's as simple as Ubuntu to install and doesn't mess up with my Vista install.Badi mushkil se Vista ko Virus-free and configured rakha hai 2 months se.
Once it gets installed,I can sort out the other probs.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

You got 2mbps ? Download should have got over by now...

 

[chandru.in]

For instance, how do you expect a total newbie user to know that K3B is a disc burner and Kaffeine is a movie player ? On the other hand, its obvious that Brasero Disc Burner burns discs and Totem Movie Player is a media player.

FYI Totem and Brasero are the name of apps and they make just as much sense as K3B and Kaffeine. The explanation part is given by the menu entry in the distros and many KDE based distros do the same too. The real reason for KDE falling back is its relatively complex UI. Naming of apps is a really a non-issue.

 

[abhijangda]

the best is fedora

 

[ambika]

DSL and Puppy linux

i also tried puppy ........very good looking.

 

[spidy333]

So far I used three linux distros... Open Suse 10, Ubuntu (lot of versions), Fedora Core 9... After years of use with Windows XP I have a natural inclination towards blue things.. (blue is my fav color)..

So for my eyes.. Fedora is just as good as it can get...

 

[aura]

KDE 4 environment on any Linux distro looks really great. The latest version of KDE has both the best user interfaces of Mac and Windows combined together to make a new cool looking interface.

You can check the screenshots of latest KDE 4 from the links below.

*www.kde.org/announcements/4.1/index.php

 

[anurag_bhd]

KDE 4 environment on any Linux distro looks really great. The latest version of KDE has both the best user interfaces of Mac and Windows combined together to make a new cool looking interface.

You can check the screenshots of latest KDE 4 from the links below.

*www.kde.org/announcements/4.1/index.php

I like Dream Linux's default interface. I think Dream has the best looks around.


Aura,

The latest KDE release of 4.2 and it is a whole lot better than the previous release 4.2:
*kde.org/announcements/4.2/

 

[comp@ddict]

i also tried puppy ........very good looking.

Yes, puppy does the work, is lite, and very good.