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Vancouver law firm trades in MS for desktop Linux

Submitted by stro on Thu, 2007-08-02 08:08. GNOME
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He didn't have a preference when it came to Linux distributions so he tested a number of them. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) stood out for Giroux. It came with the GNOME desktop, which he regards as faster than most, Firefox, which is the company's preferred browser, and the Citrix client built-in.

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GNOME is "faster than most"?

Submitted by Anonymous George (not verified) on Fri, 2007-08-17 01:51.

Don't get me wrong, I love Gnome and it's my desktop environment, but "faster than most"?

Gnome is one of, if not *the* slowest environment(s) on Linux. Only KDE even comes close in terms of overall slowness.

Of course, that's not really saying a whole lot as it's only really noticeable on older machines, but still...

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