Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Feb 2007 19:57 UTC, submitted by Dolores Parker
"The ROX Desktop is a lightweight alternative to GNOME or KDE built around the ROX-Filer file manager. The project's name is an abbreviation of 'RISC OS on X'. The ROX Desktop's performance is reminiscent of IceWM, and it's noticeably faster opening programs than GNOME or KDE. However, its speed comes at the expense of a needlessly redundant default configuration, and some users may balk at some of the assumptions its design makes about how they prefer to work."
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2006-09-21
I'll snap up the bait:
I think it will be much better if OSS folks spend more time creating one useful and polished desktop instead of 10.
There are different desktops in the OSS world because OSS developers realize that the one-size-fits-all mentality is pure nonsense.
Gnome targets people who want a clean interface with well targeted features. KDE is made for people who love having every feature at their finger-tips. Think about it for a moment: they are analogs of Macintosh and Windows. Different audience. Different needs. Different products. All four of them are also well polished and usable.
The same can be said for ROX, for the reasons I outlined in a prior post.