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Well this is one of those religous wars, some people hate KDE some GNOME.
Some people hate BOTH. Believe me when I say I'm not flaming, but I am at philosophical odds with this year-old notion, you see it in the press, "two GUIs to choose from in Linux"--when in fact there are many more. Sure, it's better than the old "no GUI to choose from in Linux" which was equally false--but let me put in a good word for Window Maker and XFCE (and FVWM, and...). True that they're not as well-suited for brand-spanking-new users, but they're faster and more efficient--and often equally customizable as either KDE or GNOME--and usually usable in conjunction with either of these.
As a personal thing I like both. The follwing are me impressions.
Me too, though I use neither.
KDE
Plus points
More robust than Gnome (ie less crashes)
Agreed.
Very similar to Windows interface is some respects (some think this is a bad thing)
Yep, but FVWM95 can be made even more similar in many respects.
Very good filemanager (KFM)
No further comment. ;>
Very good release cycle (ie new releases are very stable)
Yes but not before version 1.1. KDE 1.0 was competing with Netscape for the memory leakage award.
Gnome
Plus
Very configurable
Actually, it's Enlightenment that's so configurable, it seems.
Very fast
Not on low-resource systems. You want performance on a 486/33 with 4M RAM, you gotta go with NT. |{>
Seem to be a lot of apps useing GTK (the Gnome tool kit) so they integrate well.
Until something comes along (like XFCE, someone should talk to him about this) and re-writes your .gtkrc file and ya got a black-on-blue selection field in, e.g., Netscape and can't see which URL you just typed in.
Fast release cycle
i.e., still many bugs being fixed.
I'm running SuSE 6.3 and was told by a Redhat specialist that Redhat was the one to stay with for long term and also that Gnome
Again, not a flame, just a true personal preference, but I would rather run Windows than Red Hat--and I would rather run nothing at all than Windows. I ran RH for 2 yrs before trying other distributions. I've never looked back.
Personally I was just getting used to Kde (about 2 weeks). He told me that Redhat doesn't have problems in a window mgr. like wrong
Of course it doesn't. Instead, it makes certain that semi-novice users have to choose either KDE or GNOME until they learn enough to edit a half-dozen non-standard configuration files that aren't to be found in any distribution other than Red Hat.
letters being typed from keyboard when in Xterm window of either Kde or Gnome.
Actually, if you're referring to what I think you are, this is a UNIX thing, including Linux, and would always be a problem were not most distributions kind enough to set it straight before shipping. ----- No flames intended here, just my $.02 on this thread. Throw them in the bit-bucket if you like. :) Best wishes, REM moonr@mindspring.com ICQ uin 39952184 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/