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I suggest you play with both, and use whichever you prefer. I use Gnome purely on idealogical grounds that go back to when KDE used QT and there was a kerfuffle about the licencing. Gnome is irritatingly dumbed-down now, but I get around most of the problems that causes by using IceWM (IIRC) instead of the default Metacity, which really needs to be taken out back & shot, frankly... So that's sort of a 3rd option - Gnome/KDE with a non-standard WM.
HTH
Ciao
Zak
HTH
Ciao
Zak
This is KDE
This is GNOME
IMHO, KDE is more 'Windows' like, it has a 'start menu' of sorts from which you can access programs. GNOME is a bit of everything, a little OS X (bar at top n' bottom) a little Windowsy...
To be fair either will run anything (I use a few KDE apps in GNOME) thanks to integration and shared module support.
If you want to install KDE on Ubuntu take a flick through Synaptics for "kubuntu" it'll download and replace some of the graphics (the bootsplashes) and drop off a KDE install in the process. You can then select either a GNOME or KDE session from the login manager.
I haven't tried it but I'm willing to bet if you searched for "kde base" or "kde main" in synaptics you'd find it without the need to replace the splash screens.
This is GNOME
IMHO, KDE is more 'Windows' like, it has a 'start menu' of sorts from which you can access programs. GNOME is a bit of everything, a little OS X (bar at top n' bottom) a little Windowsy...
To be fair either will run anything (I use a few KDE apps in GNOME) thanks to integration and shared module support.
If you want to install KDE on Ubuntu take a flick through Synaptics for "kubuntu" it'll download and replace some of the graphics (the bootsplashes) and drop off a KDE install in the process. You can then select either a GNOME or KDE session from the login manager.
I haven't tried it but I'm willing to bet if you searched for "kde base" or "kde main" in synaptics you'd find it without the need to replace the splash screens.
zaktoo said:
Mr E said:
I'm currently using Beryl/Gnome and it's rather good.
Are you liking Beryl? How configurable is it?
It's a wee bit unstable I'm finding, not a lot but the occasional fallover and you find yourself back to normal Gnome. Doesn't like waking up from suspend (laptop user). But I rather like it personally
ThePassenger said:
zaktoo said:
Mr E said:
I'm currently using Beryl/Gnome and it's rather good.
Are you liking Beryl? How configurable is it?
It's a wee bit unstable I'm finding, not a lot but the occasional fallover and you find yourself back to normal Gnome. Doesn't like waking up from suspend (laptop user). But I rather like it personally
Pretty much what he said. Very tweakable, surprisingly easy to setup, and with all the eye candy on (and I mean all of it) performance is fine on an elderly 256MB FX5200 at 1680x1050.
I like it, although occasionally it doesn't start up quite right (1 boot in 20), and very very very occasionally it does something silly. The nice thing is, you define fallback windows managers, so if it fails to start or does something silly, you just drop back to standard Gnome, fix it and go back to Beryl via a tray icon. Absolute worst case, <ctrl> <alt> <backspace> will restart X entirely without needing the machine to be booted.
It's all good.
Silent1 said:
I use fedora with gnome on my vmware linux box here and gnome is 
Must admit I used to be a die hard KDE person, but since switching the laptop to Ubuntu... rather impressed with Gnome and not bothered to install it.
Although I'm investigating the old "How do I make X look like Windows" problem for the inlaws, so far Beryl+Vista theme's ticked the box just need to skin the underlying OS. Don't ask... this is less hassle than having to show them everything... five times... including how to click on an icon.
ThePassenger said:
Silent1 said:
I use fedora with gnome on my vmware linux box here and gnome is
Must admit I used to be a die hard KDE person, but since switching the laptop to Ubuntu... rather impressed with Gnome and not bothered to install it.
Although I'm investigating the old "How do I make X look like Windows" problem for the inlaws, so far Beryl+Vista theme's ticked the box just need to skin the underlying OS. Don't ask... this is less hassle than having to show them everything... five times... including how to click on an icon.
Ah yes the age old, "so if i click this icon and wait something happens?" "yeah" "NO WAI" etc etc
Silent1 said:
ThePassenger said:
Silent1 said:
I use fedora with gnome on my vmware linux box here and gnome is
Must admit I used to be a die hard KDE person, but since switching the laptop to Ubuntu... rather impressed with Gnome and not bothered to install it.
Although I'm investigating the old "How do I make X look like Windows" problem for the inlaws, so far Beryl+Vista theme's ticked the box just need to skin the underlying OS. Don't ask... this is less hassle than having to show them everything... five times... including how to click on an icon.
Ah yes the age old, "so if i click this icon and wait something happens?" "yeah" "NO WAI" etc etc
Pretty much, they aren't 'old and forgetful' but well. They went from Win2k to WinXP and needed to be shown how the where there programs were again (i.e. the Start menu)... they aren't technophobes either... but oddly enough with computers it must be totally different each time.
ThePassenger said:
Pretty much, they aren't 'old and forgetful' but well. They went from Win2k to WinXP and needed to be shown how the where there programs were again (i.e. the Start menu)... they aren't technophobes either... but oddly enough with computers it must be totally different each time.
I tend to configure 3 icons. Email, Internet and VPN so I can sort it out when they break it.
What the Email and internet programs are is largely irrelevant.
Mr E said:
ThePassenger said:
Pretty much, they aren't 'old and forgetful' but well. They went from Win2k to WinXP and needed to be shown how the where there programs were again (i.e. the Start menu)... they aren't technophobes either... but oddly enough with computers it must be totally different each time.
I tend to configure 3 icons. Email, Internet and VPN so I can sort it out when they break it.
What the Email and internet programs are is largely irrelevant.
Tried it. The 'loose' everything and need to be shown from first principals (this is keyboard, this is a mouse) again. I'm doing this because they're systems are running XP dodgy edition; thanks to someone who will remain nameless... and WGA has finally caught up with them.
Here's hoping XRandR 1.2 fixes all of that when it (supposedly) officially appears in XOrg 7.3...Mr E said:
ThePassenger said:
For those wondering WTF we're talking about with Beryl+Gnome... behold the ultimate eye candy (that is all it does... eye candy):
Kick ass eye candy though, you have to admit. Knocks Vista Aero into next week.
No comment. No experience of Vista. But I do find it fun that Beryl is doing all this OpenGL lift n' shift on early 3D IGP solutions and Vista can't or won't by all accounts.
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