Re: [hardware] [H] Linux

[Steve]

Both are desktop environments  - KDE (K Desktop Environment) and GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment). Each has it's own Window manager, default apps etc. It goes a lot deeper then that of course and each side has it's detractors and evangelizers. But IMO, if your going to try out Linux run with Ubuntu (Gnome) first and then try Kubuntu (KDE) later if you wish.   ----- Original Message ----- From: FORC5 To: The Hardware List Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 3:15 AM Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Linux whats the difference ? do not know what knome and kde are my bad been awhile, played with linux a long time ago and wound up on the floor with the cd's and a ball peen hammer :-D fp At 09:48 AM 8/5/2005, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: To be fair, XP is a few years older than Ubuntu. XP is just about as slow as Debian's releases. :) The only issue I had with Ubuntu was getting it to run at native resolution on my widescreen Toshiba laptop. Other than that, everything else detected at worked. If you don't like Gnome, you can also try KUbuntu, which has KDE instead. (I prefer KDE myself.) Steve wrote: Ubuntu..without a doubt...the one linux distro I've actually grown attached too :) What impressed me first time I installed it was it wasn't overloaded with programs, just the essentials. And nice clean interface to boot. It installed on a Gigabyte board found all the SATA/RAID drivers (unlike XP), also installed it on an old Toshiba Pro lappy with out a hitch. It picked up wireless LAN without a prob and found all my Windows shares, HP Laser, Epson Printer etc... -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A leading authority is someone lucky who guessed right.