Personally, I'm a KDE guy myself. although for my mobile boxes I've
always preferred enlightenment or windowmaker. But these days both KDE
and GNOME look so much alike that the decision lies largely in the
library of special config files I've got built up for KDE.
-Mike
On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 18:51 -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
> [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.
>
--
Mike Cherba
Cavium Networks
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Eugene, OR 97405
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