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The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.2 (GNOME Desktop)

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HowtoForge; By Christian Schmalfeld
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This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 12.2 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 12.2 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-opensuse-12.2-gnome-desktop

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Comments (11)

How many of you think GNOME 3.4.1 is not "the pefect desktop"? Don't be shy now.
You guys are just so gosh darn it all negative!

Nobody's pefect, y'know.
I don't think of it as a desktop at all. A tablet top, maybe.
Perfect in what sense? I'm sure it's not the same sense as i mean by perfect.
I've been running openSUSE 12.2 on my desktop lately and I have been deliberately giving GNOME a chance. It is usable and it isn't as absolutely horrible as some make it out to be. It's also a pain in the a** for people who are used to having lots of things open and multitasking. Of the major DEs it's my least favorite so I'd hardly call openSUSE 12.2 with GNOME a "perfect desktop". openSUSE 12.2 with XFCE, OTOH, is pretty darned nice.
The alt-tab working across multiple virtual desktops is a great thing. Super key, then type the beginning of an app, then Return to run it -- I miss both of those features in other DEs.
@Steven: The wonderful thing about Linux: there are lots of DEs so we can each choose the one we like.
I like GNOME 3 so much that I patch GNOME 2 so I don't have to go near it!

(in b4 banned)
I can have no opinion because I haven't tried it. At least, if I have, it did not make enough of an impression to be remembered.
I tried it. There were somethings that were very well done but in the end multi-tasking and multi-monitor support was just too difficult for me.

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