Nice GUI

[Ken Moffat]

Vu Pham wrote:

>When I work with Unix, I just use CLI I 've never paid enough attention on
>GUI . The only times I use the GUI are for installing some programs that
>requires X.
>
>Now I need a Linux box that works as both server and desktop for the purpose
>of testing and developing.
>
>Could you please tell me some Linux distribution/desktop manager with "nice"
>interface ? I mean it looks friendly a little bit. I tried RH but personally
>I really do not like its desktop.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Vu
>
>  
>

I don't know what Redhat defaults to. The most comprehensive desktop is
probably KDE, (kubuntu was mentioned, which uses kde, as does Kanotix).
Gnome is the default in Ubuntu,  and is quite popular. Xfce is another
good choice, very quick, but will probably require some setup. There are
also several lightweight window managers available, blackbox, fluxbox,
openbox, windowmaker, enlightenment, etc.

I would recommend you download Kanotix, which is a very up to date
debian based single disk distro, which is a live cd and can easily be
installed to hard drive. If you install it you can quite easily install
various desktops to try.


-- 
ken