On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 10:30 -0700, Jason Turning wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tim wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 12:16 -0400, William Biggs wrote: > >> I would like to know witch one is better kde or gnome ? > > > > Gnome, of course... I say that just to stick fingers up the various KDE > > fanboys on this list. There's plenty that extoll it's virtues (that I > > don't care for - it emphasises prettiness and endless fiddling over > > actually using the computer, and the current incarnation is far from > > ready for use), compared against fewer people that evangelise Gnome over > > KDE. > > > > But being more serious. Fedora uses Gnome by default, the documentation > > shows you how to use it with Gnome, much of the configuration uses Gnome > > tools, etc. The other window managers are *alternatives*. If you're > > starting out as a Linux newbie, and want an easier start, it's probably > > much easier to do so with Gnome. Then once you've got your footing, you > > can try out the alternatives. > > > > I've tried and used several window managers. KDE is a time waster, > > Gnome just works. Some of the lighter weight ones don't work, without a > > big fight, with recent versions of Fedora (which seems to depend on > > Gnome or KDE triggering off a few things that says the current user of > > the console should have sound, should connect to a network, should mount > > an inserted disc, etc.). When you use some alternative window managers, > > you have to handle all of that yourself, manually. > > > > I mainly agree. Gnome works pretty well with Fedora and is a good starting > point. It's a good, clean desktop environment, and gives you the best way to > try out Fedora. > > I actually prefer KDE and run KDE 3.5.9 on my Slackware desktop, but I'm still > playing with and figuring out KDE 4.1 on Fedora 9. When I just want to use my > laptop I'm running Gnome. You have to love Gnu/Linux for having these choices, :). > qlwm = fast and easy to use > - -- > Jason Turning > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkjfvzoACgkQVvqmgl050ryU3wCfU1dvtTF8ljKUVwZUY+PIIoMu > OLwAn1dQr8i9etPzHmhg4xBoUNORfqeW > =XPgl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org
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