On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:16:40 -0400 "Margarete Hans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What are the advantages/disadvantages of gnome and KDE? Basically, > which one should I install? Depends. We all have our favourite window manager (although KDE and Gnome are more than window managers, they are more 'window environments'). Personally, I don't like KDE very much - the 'KDE' angle is very prominent and when using it, 'KDE' is in your face all the time - KDE this, KDE that , Kwhatever and so on. Running non-KDE apps in the KDE environment almost makes you feel you are doing something wrong! I also don't like the look that qt (the library on which KDE is based) gives to windows. Gnome seems to me to be less pervasive - OK, there are plenty of Gnome apps around but they look good - less plastic and more functional, more like other non-gnome apps. A Gnome environment looks good with Gnome and non-Gnome apps. Gnome is based on GTK libraries and there are plenty of other GTK Linux apps around which have nothing to do with Gnome. Both are attempts to give Linux that conformity of look & feel that Windows has. Both are fairly easily configurable as regards the look. Obviously, these are personal observations and you will almost certainly get the complete opposite opinion from someone else. The answer really is to try both and see which you prefer. -- Phillip Deackes Using Progeny Debian Linux
