Mike Coday said the following on 04/24/2011 11:02 AM:
I imagine that this is hard to answer and quite subject to personal taste, but how about as a recommendation to folks who are new to linus and opensuse (like me)?
I am struggling a bit with the Gnome interface and I really would like to stay with linux this time, so is KDE easier to manage for the user trying to get away from Microsoft?
First: It *IS* a matter of taste Second: Its not just about Gnome and KDE. There are many other Desktop Managers. That's the whole point of Linux! Not just "Free" but "Freedom of Choice" Over and above choosing a DM/DE, you can choose skins and applet libraries. You might want to consider the lightweights, such as XFCE, or the minimal-best-of-kde-gnome delivered by LXDE, the light-fantastic ("Enlightenment"), the oldies like the incredibly configurable IceWM (which can theme to look like Windows) the lightweight NextStep, and others. Third: A while back, KDE had a complete rewrite. I love the result even though it had some growing pains. Many people either don't or were so traumatized by the problems with 4.0 that they have stuck with 3.5. Gnome as just gone though a similar radical change and there are indications that many people are going though a trauma with Gnome 3.0. I didn't like the old Gnome -- I should look at the new one sometime. Fourth: There are variations on many of the above for smaller machines such as netbooks and phones and tablets Fifth: If you can articulate what you liked and didn't like about the Windows UI we can probably give more hints http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment http://xwinman.org/ http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-great-alternative-desktop-managers-for-linux/ http://www.xpde.com/ (no, really!) -- Fight organised crime... abolish the Inland Revenue. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org