[Wylug-help] What is the Gnome & KDE difference??

[John Hodrien]

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Emon wrote:

> I running Slackware10.2 with KDE desktop. Since Slacwkare10.2 Gnome has
> been dropped from the vanilla packages. I didn't mind because I never
> used Gnome. But you can still get unofficial Gnome pkg from FREEROCK,
> DROPLINE & others like them. Having shifted to Linux from Windoz, I
> found KDE easier to use. But my question is why are some people
> (especially the old guards :) I think ) still seem to be obsessed with
> Gnome?? Is there any reason in particular, or is it just nostalgia?

You've missed something if you think the Open Source world wants one of
everything.  I'm not bothered whether it's KDE or Gnome.  They're both pretty
good.  I still actually prefer Gnome (although spatial browsing can sod off)
simply because it's got less to it.  There's nothing intimidating in Gnome,
and stuff just works.  I've never felt that KDE was a good Windows
replacement, rather it's a good Windows alternative.  Gnome on the other hand
I think *is* a good replacement.

As for old guards liking gnome...  Sheesh, they're not there yet.

> Also there are some applications which are very very dependent on Gnome,
> like Evolution, Gnomemeeting to name a few. Why does applications have
> to be so Gnome dependent, can't they be a bit more independent??

And you think KDE applications are any less dependent on KDE libraries?  I
think you're merely seeing the view from one side.

jh

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