GNOME or KDE?

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:20 am

Hell I'm kinda newbie in the linux world, so can anyone suggest which desktop environment is better? What are the positives and negatives of each alternative? Which one's got more developer support? Which one's got more/better GUI-based utilities and/or applications? Which one is more 'future proof'?

Post by **Dark Silver** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:56 am

I liked KDE the few times I toyed with Linux myself, it was closer to Windows in layout (almost exactly like it actually...) and Gnome was just....a bit to much like Mac for me, and I never did like Mac's

As for which has better dev support and what not, Destructinator has the best idea on that end.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:49 am

Frankly, I've never used GNOME before; my experience is limited to IceWM and KDE, but a friend told me that GNOME is more console-oriented, while KDE is more GUI-oriented. For example, in KDE, there's some sort of control panel where you can configure IP address through GUI, while in GNOME, you have to do the same thing through text-based console. Is it true?

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:22 am

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote: friend told me that GNOME is more console-oriented

No, completely untrue. GNOME is made to try to be idiot proof, more like the Mac. They want to have pathetic GUIs for every damned thing. And in the Linux tradition, they don't work that well for any serious task.

KDE really does feel like Windows, better in some ways for the end user. When I have the resources to waste, I use KDE, and so does Linus Torvalds. If I don't have resources to waste, I usually use Blackbox or the good old text console. Keep in mind that Gnome wastes resources too -- many will say KDE is worse because it is bloated, but you get a fuckton of usability from it. KDE comes with pratically everything you will ever use (as an average end user) all on its own.

As to development, I know KDE is very active, but I'm sure GNOME is too. I don't follow gnome that much though, so I don't know much.

IMO, GNOME is ok, but KDE is better.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:54 am

Destructionator XV wrote:KDE really does feel like Windows, better in some ways for the end user. When I have the resources to waste, I use KDE, and so does Linus Torvalds. If I don't have resources to waste, I usually use Blackbox or the good old text console. Keep in mind that Gnome wastes resources too -- many will say KDE is worse because it is bloated, but you get a fuckton of usability from it. KDE comes with pratically everything you will ever use .

I see. So we have power and functionality on one hand, and an idiot-proofing attempt (doesn't say anything about its success, though) on the other hand. Am I correct?

Destructionator XV wrote:As to development, I know KDE is very active, but I'm sure GNOME is too. I don't follow gnome that much though, so I don't know much.

Is it safe to predict that KDE will be more popular -and hence more developer support- in the future?

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:41 am

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:I see. So we have power and functionality on one hand, and an idiot-proofing attempt (doesn't say anything about its success, though) on the other hand. Am I correct?

Basically, yeah. But you are right: this says nothing about its success,

Is it safe to predict that KDE will be more popular -and hence more developer support- in the future?

I don't know. Both sides have pretty big advocates, there is no way to predict, at least with the knowledge I have about it.

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