[Gllug] KDE or Gnome

[Jim Bailey]

I know how you feel but it has the coolest xterms, you can open up 
additional windows inside the initial window excellent for displaying 
multiple man or info pages Has anyone tried Windowmaker It has a really 
nice feel to its use and I really like the way you can lock or dock 
parts of the apps. menu on the desk top very useful for some tasks. Does 
anyone know if it is possible to port KDE 2's xterm to Windowmaker?

Cheers Jim

The state is a condition, a certain relationship between beings, a mode 
of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by 
behaving differently.'

Bart de Ligt-Conquest of Violence

On Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at 07:44 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 07:03:26PM +0100, David Irvine wrote:
>> I used to used KDE, then i tried (ximian/helix) gnome and i havent went
>> back.
>
> If I had to use one of them, I'd use Gnome.  I ought to like KDE - it
> does offer more traditional X things like single-click and X cursors -
> but I can't stand the look and feel, which is more cutesy and day-glo
> than anything bar Windows XP.  It's like being trapped in Mr Chuckle's
> Kiddie Fun Factory and I get a headache after a few minutes.
>
> You can't change it with a theme - KDE theme's just change the window
> dressing.  I suppose Gnome isn't that themable either but it's less in
> your face and you can bring the wm (whichever wm) to the fore, so that
> you hardly know you're running Gnome but still get the benifits.
>
> I also find Gnome much more configurable.  I hate the Windows-like start
> bar they both offer, so when I was using Gnome I created some vertical
> tile-only panels which gave my desktop a WindowMaker feel (Mmmm...
> WindowMaker!).
>
> That said, KDE is definitely more suited to the newbie pining for
> Windows.  Especially on Mandrake which really has the GUI config tied
> very well into KDE.
>
> As it is, my tastes have become ever more austere and now I just run a
> bunch of xterms in Ion.
>
>
> --
> Bruce
>
> I see a mouse.  Where?  There, on the stair.  And its clumsy wooden
> footwear makes it easy to trap and kill.  -- Harry Hill
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