QOTD: Do You Use Linux/BSD With a GUI?

[joseph85]

Yes, I run Ubuntu and arch(although I dual boot with winXP) both have gnome. I'm still waiting for KDE to get a little more stable.

 

[Guest]

I run PC-BSD here for my main desktop, and my Wife's as well. It's underlying OS is FreeBSD 7, is running KDE 4.2, and works quite well, even for more novice open-source users.

 

[joefriday]

I've tried Linux numerous times in the past, usually once a year for the past 4 years now, each time, I would run straight into a dead-end. First it was DSL, then PC-BSD, then Ubuntu, then Myth-Buntu. Either it was a hardware compatibility issue or Linux simply not offering that which I needed to perform on my computer. However, this last time I gave Linux a shot I was happily surprised. I tried out Linux Mint after deciding Ubuntu just was not enough, and was instantly pleased by how much more Windows-like Mint was. I could finally play a DVD and rip and MP3 without having to add components! It also has a VERY easy remove application function, a nice Ubuntu-derived install apps application, and with a few "how-to"s on the internet, I managed to get transparency and other neat windows effects working using an old Radeon 7000. I would go so far as to say that I could probably use Mint as my main OS, if it would only work with my new Lexmark printer. I'll keep on eye on that. With more Linux installs becoming standard, hardware makers are started to produce Linux drivers. Unfortunately, I sold my Linux Mint box. That was the purpose anyway, to put an OS on that system so I could sell it. I do miss it though, and have thought hard about sometime returning to Linux Mint once I get another chance. As of right now, Window XP still rules the roost.

 

[ava__]

openSUSE switching between KDE 4.2, KDE 3.5.10, Gnome 2.26, XFCE 4.6, Openbox, LXDE.

Maybe you should ask if someone is still using console only Linux/BSD ?

 

[SAL-e]

Both, Primary desktop runs under Ubuntu/Gnome. My netbook is running Eeebuntu. All servers and router are managed through command line or web interface. At home I have only one XP machine, just in case, at work I am Windows system administrator so all servers and workstations are running some kind of Windows.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]IronRyan21[/nom]Yep, Gnome![/citation]
+1. Same here. You can't use GIMP,etc with out a GUI. 😛

I'm using:
OpenSUSE 11
Fedora 9 (Yes, I know 10 is out, haven't had time to upgrade)
openSolaris 2008
DSL (Damn Small Linux; on a flash drive)

 

[zedx]

Yesh Arch and Buntu (no windoze). Foss GUI's are much better than windoze GUIs and faster and stabler too. Windoze GUI doesn't even have virtual desktops. And it is not at all configurable like linux. You can easily edit scripts and write etc etc for example you can start a RAM session where the HDD is stored in RAM which makes everything ultrafast (great if you've 4GB + RAM) . You can edit conf files and make it boot ultrafast (at least in Arch). Compiz with Gnome runs full speed in my P4 1.5 / 768 MB / Geforce 6200 and then you can easily compile and fasten everything with foss getting the real performance out of the hardware without overclocking/overvolting. I like KDE 4 but I'm waiting for it to mature. Also XFCE 4.6 runs easily on a celeron 600 having > features than Windoze. And then there's LXDE with it's great file manager....

The only good thing windoze has is DirectX. I wish we could have better OpenGL / XServer.

 

[Shadow703793]

If you'd have to run some specific graphical/CAD/custom software

True that. How ever there are alternate versions (usually free) for Linux. For example GIMP. It really depends on if a user want to learn a new program or not.

 

[Guest]

My desktop runs gentoo with the fluxbox (minimalist) window manager. Its extremely fast, even on my old hardware.
My desktop is also is a file server/apache web server running mediawiki/subversion server/ssh server. But all of these services are not public.

My laptop runs ubuntu with gnome. I run ubuntu because its the only distro that just works with my laptop hardware. I run gnome on ubuntu because that's the standard and I don't want to fight with my computer every time they make a major update.

If you actually use linux on a day-to-day basis you need a gui. I need to open pdfs/view webpages (text browsers are no longer a functional replacement with today's webpages).

 

[Guest]

Yes, Gnome via nxclient over ssh.

 

[echdskech]

Gnome on my laptop and desktop. Fluxbox on VNC servers.

 

[salopar]

family machine on ubuntu(gnome), my nettop with debian (lxde) , my server with freebsd(kde)

 

[engrpiman]

Ubuntu with a GUI but I am trying to learn the command prompt because I have broken the GUI many times and the more I know the faster I can get the GUI running.

 

[descendency]

Ubuntu for running programs for work.

 

[Animebando]

Run dual boot on my gaming desktop with Ubuntu 8.10 and Window 7, laptop is permanently 8.10. I have tried Gnome and KDE, and prefer Gnome, although I find it funny how similar Windows 7 looks to KDE...

 

[deltatux]

Yup, I run KDE 3 on my OpenSUSE install. KDE 4 is a mess.

I don't run a GUI on my FreeBSD server though.

I run the top 4 OS in my house: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD.

 

[Guest]

sure i do. om my working machine i use gnome. but on the server that i manage: no no, no donut for you!
just the old and good text mode =D

 

[Guest]

Yes I run Debian with LXDE.

 

[Guest]

Yes, I use Ubuntu (and have had Debian/Gnome before). And I guess for most users, it doesn't feel any more text-based that Windows. Its interface is not very different than XP's (in turn, Vista copied a few Linux features: desktop special effects, visual brilliance and lack of compatibility with Windows applications).

I keep XP for gaming and Windows apps, but Linux is my OS of choice. My video collection and personal stuff are entirely on the Linux partition. I can be almost sure I'll find suitable application for a given task on public servers. No ads/payments/license troubles, just a functional, customizable program that (usually) works fine. Customizable - that's about the whole OS.

Linux, like Windows 9x, is technically text-based, and man technically comes from a prehistoric ape... just don't get wrong conclusions.

 

[Guest]

I've been running Fedora on my laptop (cheap Dell Inspiron 1525 with a Pentium Dual-core) for over a year now, as my primary operating system. I use both Gnome and KDE 4.2. I use my laptop as a file and media server, as well as an internet access point, media machine connected to an HDTV via HDMI (with working sound, something even Windows wouldn't do reliably). With all of those things running I still have plenty of resources left to play music, work with CAD drawings, edit photos, and write a technical document.

 

[thuan]

I am an admin, I manage a bunch of servers and a cluster that run linux and obviously I don't use GUI on them. At home there's no real linux machine though only running it through VM, Windows satisfies my everyday uses more.

 

[salsoolo]

i do exactly like you do, but i have it serving gaming servers co-located, and also reach it by ssh

 

[Guest]

Mandriva 2008 with KDE

 

[sp0ck1701]

depends.
GUI great for some things but good ol' term or xterm works fastest in many cases too.

embrace all the options Linux has to offer.

damned! is it ipconfig or ifconfig?!?

 

[michaelahess]

On my firewall, (pfSense) no, on my NAS, RAQ4 and file servers, no, on my laptop and netbook, yes (ubuntu 8.10), on my Media Center PC's, yes (Mythbuntu).

So, uh, yes and no.