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Subject: Re: GNOME vs KDE
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On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote:

> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:17:11 -0500 (EST)
> From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
> To: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: GNOME vs KDE
> 
> I've noticed several posts referring to gnome, and very few to KDE.
> 
> What are the relative differences of these two windows managers?
> 
> My friends seem to prefer KDE.
> 

/me is putting on his asbestos skivvies for this one...

It's been my experience that KDE is a little easier to learn if one is 
coming from Win32, while GNOME is more of an experienced user's WM. Now, 
GNOME can be setup to be a very simple interface as well.

IMHO they're both entirely too large and the whole world would be better 
of with WindowMaker or Blackbox ;-)

I built a Linux box for my Mom and put WindowMaker and KDE on it. She 
prefers WindowMaker because it's so simple and straightforward. KDE and 
GNOME are *very* busy desktops.

I've used both and liked them, though others are better. Totally a matter 
of taste.

JB

PS: On my RISC box here at work (with 4 GB or RAM) I run KDE - it's 
perfect for the user with 8+ desktops open and full at all times.

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