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[quote name="qwijibow" post="56472" timestamp="1129096222"] Ever since i started using linux, ive been a KDE user. Every now and again, maybe 4 times in total, ive tried Gnome. I dont know why, but i just keep getting drawn towards it, only to then gt scared off, and go back to the familiar KDE interface. Only this time, ive moved over to Gnome, and i love it ! gnome 2.8 didnt quite work for me, but 2.10 (and the up comming 2.12) have me hooked. Ive even started un-installing most of my KDE components. I think in the end, it wasnt that i prefere Gnome to KDE, but rather, i prefere GTK to QT. KDE just seems so clutttered, and so harsh, thick deep lines, and too higher contrasts (like the way winXP blinds you with that awfull shade of blue) If you have ever read "the restaurant at the end of the universe" you will understand what i mean when i say that with Gnome.. the desktop is sooo slick, that your eyes will just slide off it if your not carefull. Dont get me wrong... i still like KDE. But Gnome is just gives a more minimalist feeling to it all. the desktop looks soo beautifully vacant. I have included some screenies of my Gnome desktop with the "water vapour" GTK2 theme, and OpusOS Window theme. Some people will spend ages customising there desktop, this is pretty much a default gnome desktop. [img]http://www.astahost.com/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif[/img] [url="http://www.astahost.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=274"]attachment[/url] [img]http://www.astahost.com/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif[/img] [url="http://www.astahost.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=275"]attachment[/url][/quote] [quote name="qwijibow" post="56472" timestamp="1129096222"] Ever since i started using linux, ive been a KDE user. Every now and again, maybe 4 times in total, ive tried Gnome. I dont know why, but i just keep getting drawn towards it, only to then gt scared off, and go back to the familiar KDE interface. Only this time, ive moved over to Gnome, and i love it ! gnome 2.8 didnt quite work for me, but 2.10 (and the up comming 2.12) have me hooked. Ive even started un-installing most of my KDE components. I think in the end, it wasnt that i prefere Gnome to KDE, but rather, i prefere GTK to QT. KDE just seems so clutttered, and so harsh, thick deep lines, and too higher contrasts (like the way winXP blinds you with that awfull shade of blue) If you have ever read "the restaurant at the end of the universe" you will understand what i mean when i say that with Gnome.. the desktop is sooo slick, that your eyes will just slide off it if your not carefull. Dont get me wrong... i still like KDE. But Gnome is just gives a more minimalist feeling to it all. the desktop looks soo beautifully vacant. I have included some screenies of my Gnome desktop with the "water vapour" GTK2 theme, and OpusOS Window theme. Some people will spend ages customising there desktop, this is pretty much a default gnome desktop. [img]http://www.astahost.com/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif[/img] [url="http://www.astahost.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=274"]attachment[/url] [img]http://www.astahost.com/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif[/img] [url="http://www.astahost.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=275"]attachment[/url][/quote]

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xboxrulz

Posted 01 June 2009 - 07:36 PM

gnome is much easier than KDE. I suggest newbies to use gnome and after getting familiar with linux shift to KDE.

I'd still stick to KDE3 than going GNOME. KDE3 is less confusing and it runs really fast thanks to the QToolkit.

xboxrulz

takerraj

Posted 01 June 2009 - 03:37 PM

gnome is much easier than KDE. I suggest newbies to use gnome and after getting familiar with linux shift to KDE.

Hm, it seems you pretty hate KDE so much. What do you mean with worse and nothing good? I installed Kubuntu and i satisfied with it. I tried XFCE once. It was light, but i still prefer Gnome.

(I wish i could try OSX too >_<......)

toby

Posted 28 May 2009 - 01:20 PM

Gnome was first, being default. It's okay, the basic pre-installed options were good. I was happy with several combinations I could make in GUI in ten minutes. KDE was a lot worse, again only GUI in ten minutes, nothing good. I then tried Compiz on both and it made Gnome better, KDE worse. I ended up with XFCE + Compiz, which is dumb but pretty.

Now unmodified Aqua (OSX) ftw. Never seen anything better.

akashi

Posted 28 May 2009 - 06:17 AM

I used Gnome for about 2 years in my Ubuntu. It has a nice view, and the best thing is, fully supported by Ubuntu Team.

But then I heard some good things on Kubuntu (KDE type of Ubuntu). I installed it and I really love it. I also love the packages included in Kubuntu desktop.

The problem is, I just feel that Ubuntu team gives more attention on Ubuntu development than Kubuntu or Xubuntu. I got a problem when I tried to install SKIM for Kubuntu though I didn't got the problem in Ubuntu. Also, it was a little unstable in the first time. Dunno why.

For me, Kubuntu (KDE) has a slight (?) better performance than Ubuntu (Gnome), but also a little bit buggy

Match

Posted 14 April 2009 - 04:51 PM

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I was talking about command line under Windows or under Ms-Dos for nc, and under Unix (AIX) for Firefox.

I understand now, just a topic about KDE vs Gnome.
Although you can install KDE on Windows through Cygwin

yordan

Posted 14 April 2009 - 01:46 PM

Do not use Norton, under Unix.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I was talking about command line under Windows or under Ms-Dos for nc, and under Unix (AIX) for Firefox.

Match

Posted 14 April 2009 - 04:56 AM

Details of the mc it http://www.midnight-commander.org
A very good editor.
What NC ported under Unix?
agreed to write mc-Midnight Commander, NC-Norton Commander
Do not use Norton, under Unix.
I do not even know that there is a Norton for Unix, and in the ports did not notice it.

yordan

Posted 13 April 2009 - 09:17 PM

s you do not know or do not understand from the fact that I wrote the MC, rather than as an mc at the command line? blink.gif

I knew Norton Commander (nc from the command line) but I did not know mc (or MC).
I know the capital letter problem, sometimes I have to type Firefox on Unix systems and sometimes it's firefox, it's slightly confusing.

Match

Posted 13 April 2009 - 08:56 PM

MC ? What is MC ? Memory Commitment ? Mine and Complementary ?

"MC" - Midnight Commander - a file manager with a text interface, the type of Norton Commander for UNIX-like operating systems, as well as Microsoft Windows and Windows NT, OS / 2, Apple Mac OS X (but not Mac OS 9).
Midnight Commander (GNU Midnight Commander) is part of GNU, and all developers have transferred their rights to a program of Free Software Foundation.
As you do not know or do not understand from the fact that I wrote the MC, rather than as an mc at the command line?

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