On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 08:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hey, i got 2 linux books from the library lol.. Dated about 2000 I believe... > The book talks about Redhat 4. something so i guess its kinda old. Anyways I > was wondering what is better, Gnome or KDE for Windows Manager. Let me know > ur comments :)
This is my opinion and sound like the general consensus: KDE is the "better" manager, that is, has better integration and consistent interface and is more mature. Yet most of the better apps are GNOME/gtk based (Evolution, Pan, Galeon, GnuCash). Also KDE is more like MS Windows than GNOME. It comes down to personal preference more than anything else. Since almost 90% of the apps I use are GNOME/gtk based I made the choice to use GNOME exclusively. The benefit of this is a "cleaner" setup. Once again this is a personal preference. There is nothing stopping you from installing both which I did at first. You can use KDE apps in GNOME, and vice versa and most time they work without any problems. You will lose come of the integration thou. Also, there is nothing stopping you from switching back and forth from KDE and GNOME, or any other window manager. The apps require certain libraries not the windows manger to function. Doesn't work like MS Windows where you need the whole thing to work. Think of a window manager like a complex file manager. That is, it is a system management app not the underlying system itself. The either/or question applies more to distros than to windows manager. Mixing apps from different distros (e.g., Mandrake and Redhat) will cause too many problems and should only be done with extreme caution. Concerning your book, anything less than a year, is way out of date. Both KDE and GNOME have improved quite a bit in the past year. It is like comparing Win 3.1 to Win98. Read reviews from the Internet instead. So in conclusion experiment with both and choose which feels better. Welcome to a world where you have choice. Gabriel
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