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I'd flip it around and ask how Gnome and KDE have existed as full-blown DE's for as long as they have considering the amount of work required. I'd expect to se
by esotericn 8y ago
I'd flip it around and ask how Gnome and KDE have existed as full-blown DE's for as long as they have considering the amount of work required.
I'd expect to see one DE for mainstream users, one DE for business, and a plethora of less well maintained options for power users (I don't use a DE at all).
The 'user' and 'business' DE I'd expect to coalesce into the same thing because they have fairly similar use cases.
The existence of multiple DE's strikes me as an anomaly, if anything.
- paulryanrogers 8y ago> I don't use a DE at all Just curious, what do you use?
- esotericn 8y agoI use i3. Just a window manager. I rarely use GUI applications with the exception of a web browser and terminal and I have enough arcane knowledge by now that applets for network configuration etc just get in the way.
- Redoubts 8y ago> I'd expect to see one DE for mainstream users, one DE for business, and a plethora of less well maintained options for power users. Well, I’ve got good news for you...