[Klug-general] gnome = kde?

[Karl Buckland]

MacGyveR wrote:
> i'm wondering if there any actual difference between these two desktops apart 
> from the looks.
> 
> is there any reason to choose one over the other?
> 
> your thoughts please...
> 
> ps.
> no "kde/gnome is crap use fvwm" messages etc..
> 

This article might give you some help, but it is unfortunately quite out 
of date even though it's only about 18 months old: 
http://www.psychocats.net/essays/kdevsgnome

I use Gnome, although I do have KDE installed.
To summarise why (just my opinion):
	- Gnome is cleaner, faster and easier
	- Some kde apps are better than their Gnome equivalent but you can 
still run Gnome/Kde apps in either desktop, it just takes a little while 
for libraries to be loaded.
	- Gnome is the default in Ubuntu, so it's slightly better supported and 
used by more people

But on the whole, there isn't a huge amount between them. Perhaps Gnome 
has more momentum at the moment as more distributions and people are 
using it, but it's mostly a matter of personal preference. Try them both 
and make a decision!

Karl

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