[Klug-general] gnome = kde?

[Allen Brooker]

I use KDE because it is (in my opinion):
- Cleaner (definitely in terms of dependencies, also in terms of look 
and feel), faster and easier to use
- Has sane file open/save dialog boxes
- Has a great set of apps the do (almost) everything I need (the only 
non-KDE apps I use are open office, Xchat, Thunderbird and occasionally 
Firefox)

Allen  =P

Karl Buckland wrote:
> 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
>