Why is gnome better? RE: [Sussex] Promoting SLUG

[Gavin Stevens]

I'll offer tuppence worth on this one, as I'm using KDE since I built my
new PC:

I really want to like Gnome. However, I always end up running away from
it. I find the Gnome Panel especially irksome for some reason (I think
the fish has something to do with it & the fact that [the last time I
tried] the hide/show panel button on the side, leaves a strip all the
way up the side of the screen where no application may go).

I decided to go along with KDE when I installed Debian from scratch on
the new PC because I just needed to get up & running again & so I took
what Tasksel (purely for speed) had to offer & KDE appeared. I am slowly
getting used to it, although I keep getting thoughts of going back to my
beloved Icewm with dfm, running in an X environment with almost no Gnome
content (only Gnome mixer & gtcd) & no KDE at all.

Gnome is also installed on the new system & I certainly feel I should
give it another go before I head off to familiar territory once more.

Whatever the whys & wherefores of the different environments, at least
we Linux users have a choice over our desktops. Windows users only get
what they're given.

Gavin.

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:03:10 +0100
"John D." <big-john at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 10:30, Gareth Ablett wrote:
> <snip
> > That plan looks good I defiantly prefer Gnome and feel that new
> > people would too,
> > </snip>
> 
> From a "non-techie" point of view, it's sometimes slightly
> intimidating too experience just how much SERIOUS IT knowledge there
> is amongst the SLUG. So please excuse the question if it seems a
> little naive.
> 
> Gareth's apparent preference for gnome is something that I've read in
> so many places (gentoo forum's, linuxquestions, etc etc).
> 
> So it's fair to admit, that as most of my linux experience's that have
> been successful, have come mainly via mandrake, and given their
> default WM of KDE, my own preference/bias toward's it.
> 
> Yes, I've had a look at/round gnome, but found that it hasn't alway's
> been as "straight forward" (or perhap's IMO intuitive).
> 
> So being more of a user, I often try to see, what those who seem
> vastly more knowledgable than myself mean, about a particular subject.
> 
> Maybe one of you more experienced type's could explain why "those in
> the know" seem to prefer gnome over kde? Is it a licencing thing and
> that kde's Qt based ability over the gtk/gnome thing? Or is there more
> too it?
> 
> I mean, I think I understand the "grub Vs lilo" thing, though having
> tried both, I keep finding myself being dragged back to lilo. Also, as
> I enjoy meddling with the "eye candy" side of thing's, I've alway's
> found more "decorative" type stuff available for KDE, though when I've
> looked at others examples, they often seem to use gnome, but HOW?, it
> seems a bit mysterious at the moment.
> 
> regards
> 
> John D.
> 
> 
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