[Wylug-discuss] what is the difference?

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 04 Sep 2007, Scott Hodgson wrote:
> I am a little perplexed as to the difference between the 3 main desktop
> interface's
>
> What is the difference between KDE GNOME and XFCE, I thought it was the
> display - as in xfce was like a mac, kde all at bottom of screen and
> gnome at the top - but having looked at ubuntu, kubuntu and xubuntu they
> all have the same layout.  could someone put me straight.  all the
> websites I have seen is that it is the look and feel of it, but also
> they say xfce is more performance based but they all look alike on the
> 'buntu group.
>
XFCE is lighter-weight than either of the other two, particularly relevant if 
you need to get every possible resource out of an otherwise-stretched system.  
As for KDE and GNOME, despite all prejudices, it is mostly down to personal 
preference.  I'm a KDE fan, loving the way just about everything is 
configurable, while others swear by GNOME and wouldn't touch anything related 
to KDE with a bargepole.

Anne
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