Subj : Nifty desktop compari
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sun Mar 30 2025 07:07:00


Hi Ky!

 >   >   KM> Feature comparison, really nicely done.
 >   >   KM> The main event:
 >   >   KM> https://eylenburg.github.io/de_comparison.htm
 >   > Kind of nice they also compared to Mac and Windows.
 >   KM> Yeah, that was interesting to see.
 > To me would be a good tool to help get a Windows user who is on the
 > fence about switching OSs: like such-and-such option, these Linux
 > options have it and it's called ___".  ...That might be the most
 > helpful: why is a video player called 'Kaffeine'?!
 KM> LOL. Or Amarok, or Clementine, or DeaDBeeF, or any of a thousand
 KM> other names that mean nothing. Admittedly "Banshee" does give a
 KM> hint. <g>
 
<Banshee) Not to me, <Looking up> Irish wailing spirit.  OK, that does 
have a tie-in, though the definition I recall is more of a Japanese 
warrior.  Sort of a wild version of a Samauri.

When I first heard 'Clementine' thinking the little orange.  Then find
it's a music utility: ah! "Oooh mah darhling, ooo mah darhling, ooo mah
darhling Clementine!"  (I probably sing like one of your Banshees;
definitely can't carry a tune in  a bucket!)
 

 KM> But a lot of the major ones work in Windows too. KDE routinely
 KM> builds a lot of projects cross-platform.
 
To me makes sense from a business standpoint: increases the market share.
....That doesn't make make much sense from the consumer level (free!) but
the paid versions for business.


 >   >   KM> https://eylenburg.github.io/old/de_comparison_2022old.htm#
 >   KM> And a few items the slim version lacks, like resource use. Tho
 >   KM> there will be no convincing the Xfce aficionados that
 >   KM> "lightweight" Xfce uses as much or more RAM than "bloated" KDE.
 >   KM> (Xfce is also not optimized for performance.)
 > The instructions have to go somewhere!
 KM> In an untidy heap at the bottom of the program!

Stick 'em at the top and they'll trickle down with gravity to the rest 
of the programme!  ...Oh, user manual instructions, not programme 
instructions - nevermind! 



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