LXDE is pretty neat, and there is a lightweight terminal. I use a minimal Gnome for desktop, VIM and command line (Gnome Terminal) for any system administration or CLI stuff, and LXDE on the laptop. Arch Linux (64 bit) is my preferred distro, I respect Ubuntu for attracting a wide user base, but I personally like to know what is going on with my operating system. I could get economically political as the OP suggested, but that other thread is just getting too long and annoying :) Jeremy MountainJohnson jeremy at jskier.com On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Justin Krejci <jus at krytosvirus.com> wrote: > > I like 64 bit Ubuntu on my laptop with 4 gigs of ram but the gnome-terminal sucks so I now use konsole exclusively. I then tried the full kde plasma desktop and found it looks very nice and clean but prefer the basic simplicity of gnome interface powerful enough for me yet basic enough to not have to spend any real time learning, just jump in and go. > > Comments? Suggestions? Random musings? Perhaps a statement on free govenment vs centralized markets? > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list