KDE
I should apologize for not writing much but it was only partly my
fault. Yes, I have been extremely busy with work lately and it
seems now, not only my weekends are fully booked, but many evenings
also, but I have hit some bugs in Debian that have put my computer
in text mode only.
Firstly there was a problem with the non-free NVidia driver which
suddenly stopped working. I thought no problem, I will use the free
(but non GL) `nv' driver instead. This didn't work as it was unable
to do the resolution I needed for my flat panel.
Next, my desktop manager, XFCE4 also was slightly broken in Debian
unstable and I had updated to the broken packages on my personal
computer and the household computer Sarah, my brother and my fiancé
all use. This left everyone grumbling at me :-)
I managed after a day or to, to get the Nvidia issue sorted out and
installed
KDE as a
temporary fix for the XFCE4 issue. It is a tad slower, at least I
notice it to be, but in general the rest of my household really
like KDE a lot and don't want to switch to XFCE4 when it gets
fixed.
I wonder what they find easier about it? I am not going argue with
them as keeping my users happy has always been paramount for me :)
As for myself, I don't mind KDE at all, but don't see much of an
advantage in day to day use over XFCE4.
Someone who obviously knows what a slacker I have been this year,
with regards to studying programming, was kind enough to send me a
very good C programming book in PDF format. I will assume this was
a gentle hint and hopefully find some time to get back into
C.