Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:20:30 +0100, Roman Korcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am mainly using KDE, but wonder what Gnome could offer. > > Now I would like to know why each of you is using the one and not the > > other - ie. what is your personal preference and why, what option does > > it make the right one for you.
Initially I selected KDE over GNome for a fairly silly but valid for me reason -- the KDE screens were always easier to read -- crisper image, black text on white background by default (at least in Mandrake 7.2 and earlier). The GNome screens always seemed a little fuzzier (see the monkey's footprint) and darker -- thus harder for me to read. I've spent about a year and a half with kde, and have never really gone back to try GNome since then (occasionally I use a GNome application, on an experimental basis). As I've learned more about KDE (their dcop (kdcop) "technologies") and had occasion to deal with their "technical support" I've found them to be quite responsive and willing to help. They've already implemented changes to deal with some of my suggestions (konqueror now opens in the desktop it is started in, not in a desktop that I might switch to after I call for it to start), and seem interested in implementing others (they might be in 3.0 -- I haven't tried -- things relating to keyboard shortcuts and copy and paste in klipper and khotkeys). Thus, I made a brief trial of both (and the other window managers I found on early versions of Mandrake, Caldera, RedHat, etc.), decided I liked kde, and have found no reason to switch. If I still worked for my previous employer I might be very interested in GNomes mail client (Evolution??). Randy Kramer
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
