On Mon, 2020-08-17 at 06:52 +1000, Alex Evans wrote: > Hi Pete, As I said to someone else on the list today, please don't top post here.
> > Thanks for your comments, yes - you are right. I use only POP accounts. POP is increasingly less used, so it is unwise to extrapolate generalities from a small subset. > > KDE - can I install it ontop of GNOME? No. KDE and Gnome are separate desktop environments - they can both be installed on a system and you use one or the other. In general people don't switch between them because they prefer one of them. There are many more environments other than Gnome and KDE - this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment has links to over 30 of them. > If I don't like it, can I go back? Yes, you select which desktop you use when you login. The desktop environment provides the look and feel of the interface, but you can run Gnome apps in KDE and vice-versa; although sometimes there are issues if you don't have some parts of the infrastructure available. (For instance with Evolution you need gnome-keyring available to store passwords, that's not normally started in a kde environment and it causes some confusion.) The desktop environment is fundamental to how you interact with a Linux system: the distro you use determines what's available and the layout and configuration of the underlying system; the desktop is what you see and use day-to-day and it's important to use one you are happy with. > Is there a list of extra's i provides? Each desktop environment has it's "extras" - personally I don't think KDE is pleasing to use, some people absolutely hate the minimilisation in Gnome Shell (but it's what I like), some people want the small footprint of Xfce because they don't like the bloating in the two major heavyweights. Horses for courses and all that. If you search on the net you will find plenty of comparisons between desktops - but be aware that many of them are written from the point of view of someone who has already judged which they think is the best. > How to install? That depends on the distro you use. This list is actually for discussion of and help with Evolution - desktop environments and installation on particular distros is way off topic here. A simple search of "install kde on ubuntu" (replacing with whatever distro you use) will almost certainly come up with lots of hits. P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
