Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:06:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> To: "J.Goodleaf" <john@goodleaf.net>, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gnome vs. KDE Message-ID: <20010604210604.5772.qmail@web11707.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010604195724.4CB7A5C61@clyde.goodleaf.net>
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Alright, so let me turn it into an etiquette question (seems appropriate for -newbies). As a newbie, my resources for 'which is better' answers are pretty limited. I suppose the 'try both' method is good, but I'd like to draw on the experiences of those on this list. I can understand avoiding asking this on -questions, but it seems to me that this kind of discussion is just right for -newbies. Or is it? --Tim --- "J.Goodleaf" <john@goodleaf.net> wrote: > I second David's take. Please, no long-running flame > war over this. Both > desktops are pretty solid nowadays. Unless you're a > developer who has some > stake in GTK or QT, you're best off using whichever > feels better to you. > > That said, I'd like to encourage you to try xfce. > It's not as nifty as Gnome > or KDE (And there is nothing wrong with either of > those; I'm adding another > option!) but it is a little lighter on the system. > It's all the GUI I've > ever needed. Available in the ports tree... > > -John > > David Johnson writes: > > > Tim Erlin wrote: > > > >> Which is better, KDE or Gnome? Why do you think > so? Is > >> the answer 'neither?' > > > > Questions such as this are bound to start flame > wars. You may not have > > meant it as such, but in the future, try to avoid > "which is better of > > two highly popular choices" questions. > > > > I have a clear preference for one of them. But > that is my own > > preference. Neither one of these desktops is > better than the other. Try > > them both. Then use the one you like the best. > Period. > > > > David > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of > the message > > > > > > > _____________________________ > | J. Goodleaf > | > | > | > / ) | Technology > Coordinator | > / / | FreeBSD Advocate > | > ( ( | email ==> > | > ((( > |/ ) > john@goodleaf.net | > (\\ _/ > /_________________________| > / > _/ > / / > / / > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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