kde or gnome?

[FoolishMcNasty]

Which of the two is better? if i am using RH 7.3...

 

[N11]

They both have pros and cons -- it's a matter of personal preference.

My preference has always been, KDE on a desktop, gnome on a laptop. I'm not totally sure why gnome on the laptop it's just something I've always done.

I prefer KDE because prior to gnome 2.0 I could not deal with the glitches and bugs while I was trying to conduct day to day activities.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

neither is better, try both.

 

[MainFramed]

using red hat 7.3 currently myself (on another rig than the one im on) KDE for sure

 

[n0cmonkey]

I am very impressed with the quality of both of the latest DEs. I run KDE 3.whatever and Gnome 2 on RedHat 7.3 and they are both great. Only problem is I have just 128mB of ram on that machine

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

I'm using RedHat 8.0 and I prefer KDE.

 

[notfred]

I prefer KDE. I have KDE 3 running on redhat 7.2, and I've been happy w/ it.

 

[Sunner]

I've always gelt that KDE is the better desktop manager, while I prefer some of the Gnome family's applications(Evolution > KMail, Galeon > Konqueror, etc).
Looking forward to Gnome 2.2 though, seems like it will address many of the problems I've had with 1.4 and 2.0.

Try'em both and see what you like.

 

[josphII]

im running mandrake 9.0 and running kde 3 most of the time. gnome has a few features that i like but i feel kde is more polished

 

[topaz22]

i haven't used kde extensively in a long time, because it never allowed me to set up the hotkeys that i wanted, and i hotkey just about every app that i run on a daily basis.

both gnome and kde seem very bloated these days, but i think gnome is simpler and minimalist, which i always like.

 

[transam1978]

Like EVERYONE else has posted, "Its ALL a matter of choice!" Try them both for a few just a "few mins" then try each one for a "few hours" and the one your brain feels comfortable with will have you keep going back to it! I do so believe that you can load one or the other on startup!

 

[GoHAnSoN]

um, KDE hands down, just like it. polished.

 

[clicknext]

I'm a very new Linux user, currently using RedHat8.0 and whatever version of Gnome and KDE that comes with it and so far I prefer Gnome.

 

[avedisz]

I personally prefer Gnome, but mainly because that is what I've always used.

~Av

 

[ProviaFan]

I used GNOME at first (back in the early days when it was very unstable). The lack of stability and general unpolished feel left a bad taste, and I switched to KDE (then at version 1.1.2, IIRC). I've been consistently upgrading ever since then, and now run KDE 3 (and love it). GNOME has never provided me a good reason to switch back, so I continue to run KDE, and will for the forseeable future.

 

[Fallen Kell]

I got 3 letters for you..."KDE"....now that being said, install both, but run KDE. Since you installed gnome along with GTK+ you will have full access to all gnome applications through KDE. KDE is just easier (at least in my opinion) to use, and with full support for any gnome apps, there is no reason not to use it.

 

[GoHAnSoN]

Originally posted by: Fallen Kell
I got 3 letters for you..."KDE"....now that being said, install both, but run KDE. Since you installed gnome along with GTK+ you will have full access to all gnome applications through KDE. KDE is just easier (at least in my opinion) to use, and with full support for any gnome apps, there is no reason not to use it.

yup, i would easilly tell anyone to use KDE and forget about gnome....(well, that is for now, who know what will come up next year or so...)

 

[Booter]

yup another vote for KDE !