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Hi N810 environment gurus,
I have recently entered the n810 world. I am trying to figure out how do different alternate desktop environments compare with each other. Here is my limited understanding after reading the forums for alternate environments for a week. I request others to give their opinion about these environments and correct any mistakes in my analysis.


  • KDE: Full Linux environment. Light weight and fast compared to the others. Full suite of applications including Open office, Firefox etc. not much new development going on now.
  • LXDE desktop on maemo environment. Another light weight desktop environment.
  • Easy Debian: Another bootable Linux environment. Little bit slow in comparison to others.
  • Ubuntu: Popular Linux desktop environment. Has full suite of applications.
  • Mer: New version of Maemo being developed by the Open source community.
    [*} Android (NITdroid): Touch oriented environment from Google. Good touch based environment. focused on browsing, games and entertainment. No office based apps.
  • e17 on Mer/Ubuntu: Touch based environment on top of Mer/Ubuntu

For Entertainment/game oriented environments: Android or e17 environments are best.

For full Linux desktop like environments: LXDE or KDE or Ubuntu.

I have couple of questions and feedback from others: How does LXDE compare with other desktop environments.

Regards.