Re: 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Member Choice Awards KDE News Article

Here's the TechRadar that should be linked to as well:
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/what-s-the-best-linux-desktop-environment--1045280

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:16 PM, heathmatlock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, Lydia asked me to write something up concerning the
> LinuxQuestions.org member choice awards, here it is:
>
> The 2011 Members Choice Awards from LinuxQuestions.org(0) wrapped up
> this year and KDE was voted best Desktop Environment of the Year. Many
> users remember others abandoning ship after the initial 4.0 release,
> but now popular opinion has shifted back in favor of KDE. Tech Radar
> agrees and has also declared KDE the best desktop environment, stating
> that the activities manager wows them and the interface doesn't impede
> their execution of simple tasks. Even Chris from the Linux Action Show
> is switching back to KDE!(1) Joking aside, there weren't many reasons
> given for why the users at LinuxQuestions.org chose KDE, but there
> were some complaints from users on why they decided against KDE.
>
> Most KDE advocates are well accustomed to others citing bloat as a
> reason not to use KDE, and the comments left by the forum users seemed
> to have a similar sentiment. I've came to accept that this opinion is
> simply not well formulated. KDE's codebase is slim and modular, it's
> performance is just as good as other desktops(1), and it has the
> underlying codebase to make for an extremely useful, intelligent
> system. The default KDE desktop shipped by most distributions isn't
> going to be suitable for older desktops, but that doesn't mean it
> won't work on older systems. This is a scenario where the statements
> have some truth, even if most of us would know how to remove services
> that hinder performance. But there are still aspects of KDE which some
> Linux users find unsuitable, for instance, Dragon, Kaffeine,
> Konqueror, Kopete, and Krita all lost in their respective categories.
> What can be learned from this situation? What are the expectations for
> these applications, and what do they not find suitable about the KDE
> apps available? These are questions definitely worth pursuing if we
> want KDE software to retain and improve upon its relevancy to desktop
> users.
>
> Two individual applications did come away as winners this year. Amarok
> scored the Audio Media Player of the Year award and Dolphin was
> selected as the best file manager. Congratulations to these teams and
> all the clever individuals working together to make KDE the best
> desktop available in 2011!
>
>
> (0) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-news-59/2011-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-award-winners-928502/
>
> (1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-1iYRkYtyxA#t=1095s
>
> (2) Gaming/Graphics Performance of several Desktop Environments:
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1204_desktops
> Note compositing may have been turned on, and if it was, this speaks
> volumes concerning the amount of bloat KDE truly contains. See also
> Martin Gräßlin's comments concerning these benchmarks:
> http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2012/02/about-compositors-and-game-rendering-performance/
>
>
> --
> Here are some nice graphs to possibly include with the article:
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2011mca.php
> --
> Heath Matlock
> +1 256 274 4225



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