+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted August 19, 2004 Subscriber¹ Share Posted August 19, 2004 (edited) I know the KDE Vs. Gnome debate has been going on for a while, but i wonder which one Neowinians prefer, if any :) for me, though, it's KDE Edited August 19, 2004 by M2Ys4U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 KDE is the one for me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iverson0881 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 KDE feels unstable to me. Lotsa programs just hang. =/. Wanted to like it but that just didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunbiz_3000 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 KDE has better shortcut and has more sleeker design! I think it is more suitable to newbies who migrate from windows as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I wish KDE was not so "bloated" though. I remember when you could run LINUX with a GUI on a 486/100... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDayPunk74 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I liked KDE is was real easy to find everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted August 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 19, 2004 I wish KDE was not so "bloated" though. I remember when you could run LINUX with a GUI on a 486/100... :) you can with certain windowing systems, that doesnt mean that some other GUI's are not going to take advantage of todays hardware, damn, Im getting tired of the "bloated" word, almost no one knows how to use it :rolleyes: Edit: I prefer Gnome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 ,Aug 19 2004, 11:35] you can with certain windowing systems, that doesnt mean that some other GUI's are not going to take advantage of todays hardware, damn, Im getting tired of the "bloated" word, almost no one knows how to use it :rolleyes:Edit: I prefer Gnome Perhaps I picked the wrong word. But I have noticed that as GUI's like KDE have evolved, they are not as "quick" as they once were and require more high-end hardware to really run that well. I wish that there was some default GUI that was able to keep things lean and mean. But at least you can KILL X and take care of most things at the command line if you know how. Long file name support, etc. is all built right into the core command line setup, and I think most other things are too, like Samba client, networking, USB devices, etc. But it is a bit intimidating for some. But with Midnight Commander, you can navigate around fairly well, provided you are ok with editing text config files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickFinlay2 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 kde is the one for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I used to love gnome because of the eyecandy and ability to modify everything. Now I like to use my computer instead of making it look pretty, so KDE just feels right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomn Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 My preference is Gnome. :wub: I dont think KDE is bloated or slow, but it is definetly too cluttered for my tastes. Gnome may not actually be lean, but at least it gives the impression that it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I like both of them, but don't use them :p There are lighter, sleeker alternatives like FVWM2. Most of my apps I use though are GTK. KDE apps - in my view - are glossy and over featured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosleep Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Taskbars and start menus are for the birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orestes Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Taskbars and start menus are for the birds. agreed....if your goal is to use something non-windows, why the hell would you use a desktop environment so much like windows. KDE and Gnome are both fugly IMO :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra Frosty Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Neither (I use Fluxbox), but if I have to choose one, I'd say GNOME for GNU/Linux, and for *BSD I use KDE because it is easy to install just the core (kdebase). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomn Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 agreed....if your goal is to use something non-windows, why the hell would you use a desktop environment so much like windows. KDE and Gnome are both fugly IMO :x yeah, you should give up using a window manager too, because windows has one also :rolleyes: Just because Windows has a feature, doesnt make it stupid to want the same feature in Linux, especially if Linux might be able to do it better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 *BSD I use KDE because it is easy to install just the core (kdebase). you can install just the core on gentoo also. I like kde > gnome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezza Veteran Posted August 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 19, 2004 Taskbars and start menus are for the birds. The man done said it good. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Jack Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 if u want a good solution, go with Gnome :) KDE's DCop pretty much controls everything. if it goes down, you go down. Its bulky, and full of junk thats unneeded. Plus Gnome looks much cooler :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellboundhero Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 KDE + command line w/ su is all I need. (Though I wish KDE had some sandboxing software built in) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMasamune Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I like Gnome better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Tried both... But I have settled for Gnome. It does that job for me and I like the project's philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted August 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 19, 2004 :pinch: Concurrent polls on a nearly identical topic. I'll let this slide, though I suspect it will end up nearly 50/50. :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I installed both but now I only have GNOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted August 20, 2004 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted August 20, 2004 :pinch: Concurrent polls on a nearly identical topic.I'll let this slide, though I suspect it will end up nearly 50/50. :shifty: i looked 3/4 pages back in this forum and didn't see a similar poll... sorry if i have posted a new one with an existing still running though :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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