Desktop Spin Comparisation
From FedoraProject
Comparison between different LiveCDs
This is a short list of the gui applications on all livecds:
| Application type | Gnome | KDE | Xfce | LXDE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archive manager | file-roller | ark | xarchiver | xarchiver |
| Bittorrent | transmission | (ktorrent) | transmission | transmission |
| Burning Applications | brasero, rhythmbox | k3b | xfburn | - |
| Calculator | gcalctool | kcalc | gcalctool | galculator |
| Charmap | gucharmap | ? | - | - |
| CD Ripper | sound-juicer | kaudiocreator | asunder | asunder |
| CD-Player | gnome-cd | kscd | totem | - |
| Clipboard manager | - | klipper | xfce4-clipman | parcellite |
| Data management | - | kexi | - | - |
| Desklets | - | superkaramba | - | - |
| Desktop effects | compiz | beryl | xfwm4 | xcompmgr |
| Desktop sharing | vino | krfb | - | - |
| Development | - | - | geany | - |
| Dictionary | gnome-dictionary | ? | xfce4-dict | - |
| Disk usage analyzer | baobab | filelight | - | - |
| Document viewer | evince | kpdf, kghostview kdvi | evince | epdf |
| Download manager | - | kget | - | - |
| File browser | nautilus | dolphin, konqueror | Thunar | pcmanfm |
| FTP file transfer | nautilus | kftp | gftp | gftp |
| Games | - | kdegames | - | - |
| GnuPG-Frontend | - | kgpg | seahorse | - |
| Image manipulation | gimp | (koffice-krita) | gimp | mtpaint |
| Image viewer | gthumb, eog | kuickshow, digikam, showfoto, kview | ristretto | gpicview |
| Instant Messenger | pidgin | kopete | pidgin | - |
| IP Telephony | - | twinkle | - | - |
| IRC-Chat | pidgin | konversation | pidgin | lostirc |
| Login manager | gdm | kdm | gdm | slim |
| Mail client | evolution | kmail | claws-mail | sylpheed |
| Mixer | pavucontrol | kmix | xfce4-mixer, pavucontrol | pavucontrol |
| Movie player | totem | kaffeine | totem | gxine |
| Music player | rhythmbox | amarok | quodlibet | lxmusic |
| Network file sharing | gnome-user-share | ? | thunar-shares-plugin | - |
| Network manager | NetworkManager | knetworkmanager | NetworkManager | NetworkManager |
| Newsreader | - | akregator | liferea | - |
| Notes | gnote | knotes, kjots | xfce4-notes-plugin | - |
| Partitioning | gparted | gparted | - | - |
| Phone manager | gnome-phone-manager | kandy, kpilot | - | - |
| PIM | evolution | kontact | orage | osmo |
| Power manager | gnome-power-manager | kpowersave | xfce4-power-manager | - |
| Presentation | - | kpresenter | - | - |
| Remote desktop client | - | krdc | - | - |
| Scanning utility | - | kooka | - | - |
| Screensaver | gnome-screensaver | kscreeensaver | gnome-screensaver | xscreensaver-base |
| Search tool | gnome-seach-tool | kfind | tracker-search-tool | pcmanfm |
| Spreadsheat | - | kspread | gnumeric | gnumeric |
| System log viewer | gnome-system-log | - | - | - |
| System Monitor | gnome-system-monitor | ksysguard | xfce4-taskmanager | lxtask |
| Terminal | gnome-terminal | konsole | Terminal | lxterminal |
| Text editor | gedit | kwrite, kedit, kate | mousepad | leafpad |
| Time tracking & Alarm | - | karm, kalarm, ktimer | xfce4-timer-plugin | - |
| Usenet | - | knode | - | - |
| Vector Graphics | - | - | inkscape | - |
| Webbrowser | firefox | konqueror | firefox | midori |
| Word processor | abiword | koffice-kword | abiword | abiword |
