[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Just curious if there's a stong leaning in the group towards Gnome or
> KDE .. and are there hidden benefits of one over the other ?
I like KDE. I don't have significant Windows experience to make me
feel that way.
History: KDE started about a year ahead of GNOME. For the first
few years, KDE was much further developed, but relied on Qt which
had a non-free license. Qt was re-released under the GPL nearly five
years ago.
GNOME has had more support from large companies (e.g., Sun, RedHat).
GNOME is also more US-centric. KDE is mostly developed in Germany.
But GNOME has always been catching up. IMHO, they haven't caught up
yet.
Both are usable desktops. They are more similar than different.
I can get a lot more done using either than I can with Windows.
> PS - I mention this becasue today I downloaded the release of VMware
> player .. they offer up a VM that is simply a web browser... run the
> VMplayer and browse in perfect safety because any attacks on the VM
> machine are erased at reboot. Im thinking of requiring this for
> employees when they travel. Anyways.. the VM is built on Ubuntu.. my
> first experience with that OS as well.. and it was set up to use Gnome..
I have heard that if you have a license for real VMware, you can build
arbitrary virtual machines and use them in VMplayer. I haven't done
this myself. (I do have a license, so I should try it.)
Kubuntu is Ubuntu plus KDE. I have recently installed that on three
laptops and I'm liking it a lot.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
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