Linux Desktops Upside Down

Linux Desktops Upside Down

Linux Desktop was not one of my interests. 

I was hooked to Gnome Desktop and never bothered to find if there any other desktop types and to my amazement I found many. 

WM in IceWM means Window Maker and not a Desktop, it took by a storm. 

It is light weight but feature rich. 

Then there are Desktops like Budgie, Unity, Mate and Cinnamon, i3, Fvwm Crystal, Blackbox, Fluxbox and many more. 

What it means is Window Makers blossomed into Desktops. 

In the good old days there was one proprietary type called CDC or Common Desktop Candidate or Configuration.

Both CDC and Common Desktop Configuration refer to distinct concepts. CDC stands for Change Data Capture, a technology for real-time or near real-time data movement. Common Desktop Configuration (sometimes also referred to as CDC) is a specification and build system for a Java-based runtime environment for connected devices.

Both CDC and Common Desktop Configuration refer to distinct concepts. CDC stands for Change Data Capture, a technology for real-time or near real-time data movement. Common Desktop Configuration (sometimes also referred to as CDC) is a specification and build system for a Java-based runtime environment for connected devices.

Change Data Capture (CDC)

CDC is a data integration method that enables near real-time data movement from a source database to a target system. It tracks changes made to a database and captures those changes, allowing for efficient data synchronization and replication.

CDC is particularly useful for modern cloud architectures and scenarios where data needs to be moved quickly and efficiently.

Common Desktop Configuration (CDC)

CDC is a specification and build system for creating a Java-based runtime environment for connected devices. It provides a standardized platform for developing and running Java applications on devices with limited resources.

CDC build systems can generate executable binary images, allowing for different implementations of the CDC runtime.

Key Differences

Change Data Capture (CDC)

Purpose

Data integration and replication

Focus is Real-time data movement

Technology is based on Data capture and replication mechanisms

Applications include Databases, data warehouses, data lakes

 

 

 Common Desktop Configuration (CDC)

 Java runtime environment for connected devices

 Developing and running Java applications on devices

 Build system and runtime environment

 Mobile devices, embedded systems, IoT devices.

 

KDE Desktop

The KDE desktop environment's development began in 1996 with Matthias Ettrich's announcement of the "Kool Desktop Environment". The name was later shortened to K Desktop Environment. The initial development focused on providing a consistent and user-friendly graphical interface for Unix systems, particularly addressing the lack of standardization among existing applications.

Now ARCH based distributions have caught up with the KDE trend and EndeavourOS and BlueStarLinux have progressed into the most beautiful and elegant KDE Desktops.

I have done away with Kdenlive but keeping KDE connect, just in case I need to communicate with my desktop with the cellphone which I do not intend to.

These feature rich and bloated desktops is an antithesis to me. Little over 24 hours ago, I destroyed the BlueStar Linux KDE desktop environment and made it back to a Gnome Desktop without doing any damage to all the Gnnome applications it carried except all the KDE Desktop applications. 

I have only selected Gnome applications but few of my favourite applications like Stacer and Revolt are missing.

Yes, I started with bulky BlueStar Desktop and ended up with minimal Gnome Desktop. The desktop is running fast and smoothly unlike KDE.

Yes, it is Upside Down story.