[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I don't think GNOME is ready for prime time yet. KDE is.
>
> What?
Prime time - out of beta testing, into a stable release. Like KDE is
already in its 2nd stable release.
> > Here's where I feel GNOME is presently lacking:
> >
> > Hard to install. I download a million files, try to install, and find
> > out I need yet another library not in their download tree.
>
> This is true. They need to fix this.
At least GTK 1.2 is out, so one major bugbear in this fixed.
KDE in its betas simply said you need Qt 1.X . Download and compile
eveything in the support tarball. Now the KDE libs. Now base and
eveything else in any order. Unlike gnome, which is everything in this
ftp dir, plus a few things in our distribution which you may or may not
have already, and which replacing breaks all your stable programs, plus
anything E happens to need and some esoteric things like support for
scheme.
> > No window manager. It's supposed to work with any "compliant" window
> > manager, but you end up with aesthetically challenged desktop. 32x32
> > and 48x48 icons intermixed, multiple themes clashing, etc.
>
> I am using Window Maker 20 (not gnome "compliant") and it looks great. I have
> gnome as a corner panel in the right hand corner. It takes up little space.
> In fact this is what attracted me to gnome is that it was so flexible.
> Unlike KDE which you are kind of stuck with this HUGE panel.
Which can be configured to take less space than Window Makers wharf, and
is OPTIONAL!. Try a more recent KDE.
> >
> > No documentation. That I've found.
>
> Did you look?
>
> You might try www.gnome.org and look at the top of the page where it says.
> "Users Guide" and FAQ and Getting Started.
Which assume you are using Redhats latest release. Even for the
tarballs of gnome. Not a big help.
> And I chose GNOME!
Subjective choice, tastes differ. Try both. If you can get gnome
working,
that is.
> Don't mean to start a flam war.
Ooops.
George Russell
--
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them,
In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
