Linux desktop comparison (pt. 3): Qt-based DEs

This is part 3 of our desktop testing series. We'll deal with the 4 Qt-based desktop environments in this entry. These are: KDE Plasma Razor-Qt Unity 2D Trinity DE For test criteria and the basic Arch system, please refer to the first part of this test. KDE Plasma KDE was the first big Linux desktop …

Linux desktop comparison (pt. 2): Traditional GTK+ DEs

This is part 2 of our desktop testing series. We'll deal with 4 traditional gtk+-based desktop environments in this entry. These are: GNOME 3 Classic MATE Xfce LXDE For test criteria and the basic Arch system, please refer to the first part of this test. GNOME 3 Classic GNOME 3 Classic - also called "fallback …

Linux desktop comparison (pt. 1): Modern GTK+ DEs

This is part 1 of our desktop testing series. We'll deal with the 3 modern gtk+-based desktop environments in this entry. These are: GNOME 3 Shell GNOME 3 Cinnamon UI GNOME 3 Unity UI Test criteria I'm just going to fire up the desktop to see how many RAM is used at that time. No …

Switching to… Arch Linux!

Alright, now it's official: Project E.e.r.i.e. abandons Gentoo and switches to Arch! Moving away from Gentoo The biggest downside of Gentoo ist surely that you compile everything from source and it takes way to long to set up bigger programs like a desktop. Half a day for re-compiling your system with a new USE variable …

Rolling Release trouble

Sorry that it took me so long to write a new entry. And since this is obviously not the test that I promised in the last one: Sorry again. As a less funny coincidence I had a lot of trouble with the Rolling Release model of Gentoo just after talking about it in the New …