Why I prefer KDE over GNOME

I left Mandriva at the last release because of inconsistencies in the behavior of KDE 4.1. It was good but not good enough. I went to Ubuntu and used Gnome as long as I could...and did an "apt-get install kubuntu-desktop" because Gnome drives me crazy and I severely hate it...just personal preference. Kubuntu was better...but it was still too Ubuntu for extended use. I have PCLOS 2009 installed now with KDE 3.5.10, it's quite nice. I will play with the new Mandriva and if KDE is good I will purchase a new PowerPack and install it. It's all about what works best for you...Gnome is not my cup of tea...KDE has been my first choice since I tried it on SuSE 9.1. I can take or leave the rest, they usually only come into play on a lower-powered system, or a virtual machine.

I think G-d has very little to do with desktop environments. I do see, however, that desktop wars continue unabated here on LXer.com and do take on some of the qualities of religious wars. Other times it sounds more like "My pop is better than your pop! Nyeah!"

The choice of DE, like the choice of distro, depends on what I'm doing and the hardware involved. What I like on a small screen is different from a larger laptop screen is different from a really large monitor. The horsepower the system has (CPU & RAM) also influences my choice.

I like Xfce a lot. I think LXDE shows great promised. On my netbook I created a custom desktop comprised of PekWM, fbpanel, pcmanfm and VL-hot. I alternate between that arrangement and Xfce. On my ancient Libretto with the 7" screen subsitite pcmanfm with xfm or xfiler in the PekWM desktop or else I just run JWM.

KDE? I like a lot about it but I find it to be a resource hog. I don't much care for GNOME but that's just me.

I don't think of KDE4.x as the next KDE after KDE3.x really. In my opinion they should have just named it something else since it's a totally different animal. I don't think of these things as missing features... there's nothing missing, it just is what it is.

I like it as it is now, but yes, I do wish it was not so heavy on resources.

Quoting:I do see, however, that desktop wars continue unabated here on LXer.com and do take on some of the qualities of religious wars.

Well, it does become a bit like Vim vs Emacs. A bit tongue-in-cheek and all that :-)

jacog, I couldn't agree more. I would rather use Windows XP than KDE4.

while True:     soap.apply(tuxtom.mouth)

tuxtom: I would not go that far. :)

Sander, your algorithm is asserting that I'm telling the truth. I'd rather eat soap than sh.............aving cream.

KDE4 is bad software. Real bad software. It is the Vista of Linux desktops.

Actually, it's a reference that you should wash your mouth with soap after sh....aving cream has been pouring out :-)

Oh Sander, I've had my mouth washed out with soap plenty-o-times, so the reference isn't lost. It really isn't so bad unless you fight it and snort some backwash into your nose, a scenario which I call the "Millennium Edition Effect". On the other hand, sh...aving cream is something I refuse to entertain. KDE 4 is sh...aving cream to Windows XP's soap.

Thankfully there is plenty of delicious KDE 3.5 available to wash out the foul taste of both. Mmmmmmmm. Yummy!

sh....aving cream, be nice and clean, shave every day and you'll always look keen!

So. why can't I remember stuff that matters??

Like beans?

tc,

Did you ever hear Dr. Demento's update with Two Live Crew lyrics? The entire stanza was nothing but censor's bleep until he got to the refrain.

Xfce tends to grow on you. I'm planning to go back to it at some point. I've been getting along pretty well with Fvwm2 and the ROX-filer, and it hasn't been the worst thing in the world to hack into the text files, maintain the menu myself and start/stop services in the console.

You do tend to learn a lot about what lives where in the system. I have neither the time nor the expertise to write shell scripts to automate some of this, so for that reason I miss things like the network management utilities in GNOME and KDE, and while I'm OK at configuring Fvwm, I find much of the documentation a little too arcane.

It kind of reminds me of the whole mutt/procmail/fetchmail/postfix configuration dance that I tried to do for a month. It was just too hard to get everything the way I needed it to be, and it sent me running back to Thunderbird.

I always end up going back to GNOME. XFCE is okay, I simply like GNOME and hate KDE (though 4 is better than 3.5). The only frustration I've had thus far running Slackware is that I can't find GNOME for 12.2. The GNOME support on Slackware leaves something to be desired.

LOL gus3, no I haven't heard that. All I have are a couple of old Dr. Demento CDs to amuse me... "boot to the head!"

/walks away humming Dead puppies aren't much fun

> The GNOME support on Slackware leaves something to be desired.

The Gnome support for Slackware always left a lot to be desired.

That said, you appear to be correct that none of the three major Gnome package systems have yet released for 12.2 (That's GSB, Gware, and Gnome Slacky for those counting. No, I didn't include Dropline, as by the time you get done installing it, you're not running Slackware any more).

Have you considered trying to install from source via Garnome? You can find it at http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/garnome/2.24/

Cows With Guns ftw!

.. ok *ahem* back to you...

I'm a Happy Boy. Oh, ain't it good when things are goin' your way, hey hey?

@jdixon

I'm still using 12.1 on my office desktop. I decided to wait until GNOME is available to upgrade, but so far have had no trouble updating all of my packages, so it hasn't been an issue. My home desktop is 12.2, so I have to use XFCE. I don't use my home computer that much so XFCE is good enough. It would nonetheless be nice to have GNOME.