El Miércoles, 4 de Abril de 2007 19:09, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi escribió: > Randy Patterson wrote: > > I have only had Debian up and going for about two weeks. Had Sarge > > installed but had problems with my USB hardware so just did a clean > > install of Etch. Works great!! Since I am a new user I don't have a > > favorite windowing system that I prefer and was wondering if someone to > > point me to a good link that would describe the strengths and weaknesses > > or pros and cons of each system. KDE installed as default with Sarge and > > Etch so I assume they chose that for a reason and it is the only one I > > have used. I have looked but haven't been able to find a good comparison > > them. > > > > Thanks, > > Randy > > I also use KDE and am a big fan of it. But let me correct one thing. KDE is > not chosen as default in Debian. The default with net install image is > nothing. Users are expected to install what they like. > > Why KDE? > . Comes with almost everything that an ordinary desktop user can think of. > . Components of KDE integrate/communicate well within each other. > Ex :- clicking on a link in kmail will open it in konqueror etc., > . The interface is consistent across all the KDE applications. > . Almost everything can be configured to your taste. > . Konqueror, konsole are just awesome! > > Why not KDE? > . It is a memory hog, CPU intensive, slow compared to most other DEs. > . Lot of annoying warnings both on konsole and in .xsession_errors for > which no solution (AFAIK) exists. This is not a problem but is very > inconvenient. > > Use KDE only if you have a decently fast machine. Otherwise it wont be a > pleasant experience. > > > GNOME vs KDE > . Gnome's file picker is pretty bad compared to KDE's file picker. > . gconf spews all sorts of errors into log files. > > Due to these two inconveniences, I completely stopped using Gnome and > shifted to KDE. > > Xfce > . Well designed and useful if you have a slow machine. > . can be used as a backup, in case the big guys like KDE/GNOME fail to load > for some reason. > > > hth > raju > > -- > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ > http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/
Why Gnome is the Default Desktop for Distributions like Ubuntu/Debian, RedHat/CentOS/Fedora and OpenSuse? Greetings, JETM
