Vik Olliver wrote:
Having seen this, I'm tempted to ask for official policy to be a KDE
desktop initially, with both installed. But I'd like to know if some
groups of people are or are not better starting off with an Ubunutu
desktop vs. a Kubuntu one?
Gnome is a bit more like Mac OS. So people coming from there might find
it easier to use. KDE is more configurable than Gnome which may or may
not be an advantage. Gnome needs less resources and is generally
considered faster. I think the choice depends on who you are talking
about. Ubuntu was to my knowledge originally rather aimed at poor people
and people new to Linux and computers in general than at
IT-professionals. For that I'd say Gnome is the better choice. What
would be useful would be a clearer choice: I.e.: Someone when someone
wants do download a CD he gets a text like "There are three different
desktop enviroments you can use. All three together do not fit on one
CD, so you have to decide know which one you want to download. If you
are new to Linux you might find the first one the best". I personally
don't care much for the desktop enviroment I use, because most of what I
do is done in the terminal anyway.
Robert
