Poll indicates GNOME the most popular desktop environment with KDE close behind | Linux Today

Poll indicates GNOME the most popular desktop environment with KDE close behind

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 17, 2007

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“Now it can be stated with certainty that both these
window managers (desktops really) are equally popular since the
difference is just less than 30 votes. The third place goes to XFCE
which is also not a big surprise and it snagged 71 votes (around 7%
of the total votes cast). Fluxbox/Blackbox combination takes the
4th place.”


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