The Definitive Desktop Environment Comparison

[Pedro]

Well, that wasn't "Definitive" at all. It's just biased opinions from a chick that likes Windows XP a bit too much.

I use win2k mainly, but in my experience, MacOS and Gnome are way nicer as interfaces than WinXP.

Then again, it's all subjective. Half the article she's saying "I like, I think, In my experience" etc.

Very useless. She even got technical data wrong - MacOS doesn't have vector icons on the desktop, they're bitmaps. They're resizable, but no desktop (outside of IRIX machines I think) has vector icons. Gnome and KDE have it planned tho.

[Pedro]

Oh, by the way, all my beefs are against the writer of the article, but thanks for posting - I love all the news posts you do here Array :)

[KayosIII]

Gnome has them.... (only one theme so far)... KDE plans to have them for 3.2...

I personally thought that the article was fairly accurate for most people but being accustomed to. KDE I think I would have a hard time finding OSX or WinXP as comfortable... (Except when it comes to 3rd party stuff)

[yinako]

i personaly have a little machine that runs osx gui under winxp, why you ask? it doesnt hurt my eyes with those hilite colors like winxp.

[Nicodemus]

Having read it I have to say that it does not seem like she likes XP to much.....at the end she actually rates the Mac OS as the highest.

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[NanoGator]

I'd like to see this article on Slashdot. heh.

I hate to say it, but I'm really starting to dig XP. I have it on my laptop and 2k on my desktop. Now I'm wanting it for my desktop.

Go fig.

[thedaemon]

beos.... *drools* now that was an os. :beer:

[azazel]

I've seen something like Open BeOS somewhere on sourceforge ;)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-beos/

Developer edition of BeOS, but updated for new hardware

http://sourceforge.net/projects/beosdeved/

http://www.beosonline.com/

Haven't tried any of them or read more about them, but sounds promising ;)
There's even Blender and Pov ray for BeOS ;)

[KayosIII]

Of more interest to most people will be Blue Eyed OS it is one of the post BeOS operating systems the difference Is that it runs on a modified linux kernel and will run X apps including OpenGL accellerated ones.

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