On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:49:35 -0400, Naish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > which are the important differences between them? > (not the stupid ones, only the important) > Thanks... > Jorge Any kind of KDE vs GNOME review would be very subjective. In the end, it comes down to personal preferences and tastes. This is my take on things. While I like both environments, I prefer GNOME, and I have been using it for about two years now. KDE is targeted at the consumer, particularly one migrating from Windows. As a result, it can be viewed as 'Windows on steroids'. GNOME, on the other hand, offers a great deal of flexibility and power, at the expense of a little user-friendliness. GNOME can take a little longer to get used to, and its functionality can only be truly appreciated through experimentation and configuration. KDE is a bit more plug-'n-play, and once that's done, there's little much more that you can do. Generally, KDE apps should work in GNOME with no trouble, and vice versa. I use Konqueror in GNOME all the time. A lot has happened since Mandrake 8.0 was released, and if you really want to experience both KDE and GNOME properly, you should get the latest versions. For GNOME, you should try Ximian GNOME, which is more functional, easier to use, and much faster. Get it from http://www.ximian.com. Also, don't forget that there are a whole bunch of other environments out there. They may not have as much functionality, but they are often quite innovative, incorporating features and methodology that you may not see in the big two environments. They also tend to much lighter and faster. Examples of these include XFce, IceWM, Enlightenment, WindowMaker and Blackbox. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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