08-28-2016, 12:36 AM
If not for the glare on the screen, this would be a great writing machine. I have been using it more regularly as it's far lighter than my main laptop.
So, it appears KDE has some issue that's gone on for years with the flickering screen. It's quite a nuisance and on this machine KDE is already a little slow. I still like the functions of KDE the best of all the DEs I've tried.
Openbox is one I'm going to play with further. Xfce is nice. It feels like a paired down KDE. LXDE isn't quite what I want. Believe it or not, I'm giving Gnome 3 a whirl. No flickering. My gosh it's vastly improved since I last used Gnome. It was such garbage back then. It's a little faster than KDE but not so much as the others I mention. I'm not sure it's really all that much better for touch-screen (which is the reason I gave it a go - reviews about how it's the best for touch) but it's working. I'll have to eat my own foot if Gnome ends up being my goto DE.
Openbox.... I like you.
So, it appears KDE has some issue that's gone on for years with the flickering screen. It's quite a nuisance and on this machine KDE is already a little slow. I still like the functions of KDE the best of all the DEs I've tried.
Openbox is one I'm going to play with further. Xfce is nice. It feels like a paired down KDE. LXDE isn't quite what I want. Believe it or not, I'm giving Gnome 3 a whirl. No flickering. My gosh it's vastly improved since I last used Gnome. It was such garbage back then. It's a little faster than KDE but not so much as the others I mention. I'm not sure it's really all that much better for touch-screen (which is the reason I gave it a go - reviews about how it's the best for touch) but it's working. I'll have to eat my own foot if Gnome ends up being my goto DE.
Openbox.... I like you.
"Save inches for the bathroom; we're using feet here." ~ Rob Kuntz (2014)
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