Actually.... KDE was originally designed to make the linux desktop environment more friendly (read: like Windows) for non-technical people. Gnome was created (with substantial Red Hat support) as a counter to KDE (why the heck someone thought KDE needed a loyal opposition is beyond me...)
Now, of course....on many distributions you may be hard pressed to tell the difference -- William, former KDE 1.x user, responsible for the UGGGGLY KDE 1.x Star Wars theme, and generally interested in the historical perspective On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Tom Eisenmenger wrote: > Cristobal Palmer wrote: > Hmmmm... Philosophical reasons aside, I always thought Gnome was > primarily designed for non-technical newbies and KDE for more > technically astute users. The problem I've always had with both was > that they'd offer umpteen application choices for each task, thereby > confusing the issue. Of the two, I'd go with plain old Ubuntu running > Gnome for Aunt Marge, but if you tweak Xubuntu running XFCE that might > present an even better option! > > -- Tom Eisenmenger > > >Aunt Marge wants [K]ubuntu. I like gnome, but that's me, not Marge. > > > >The only real hangup will be shockwave, with Windows Media files being > >only a slight technical (and legal) speedbump. > > > >See the wiki entry on "Restricted Formats" for details. The wiki > >really is fairly good. > > > >I have my 14-year-old brother running it, my best friend who is > >getting an MFA in piano (read: not tech-savvy) running Kubuntu, and an > >ex-girlfriend running Kubuntu. > > > >I've gotten a grand total of three complaints, two of which were about > >lack of shockwave. The other involved choppy DVD playback. Seriously. > >These people are not in love with computers. They just use them. > >Happily. > > > >:) > > > >Best of luck, > >CMP > > > >-- > > > >Cristobal M. Palmer > >UNC-CH SILS Student > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer > >"Television-free since 2003" > > > > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
