-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 12:16 -0400, William Biggs wrote: >> I would like to know witch one is better kde or gnome ? > > Gnome, of course... I say that just to stick fingers up the various KDE > fanboys on this list. There's plenty that extoll it's virtues (that I > don't care for - it emphasises prettiness and endless fiddling over > actually using the computer, and the current incarnation is far from > ready for use), compared against fewer people that evangelise Gnome over > KDE. > > But being more serious. Fedora uses Gnome by default, the documentation > shows you how to use it with Gnome, much of the configuration uses Gnome > tools, etc. The other window managers are *alternatives*. If you're > starting out as a Linux newbie, and want an easier start, it's probably > much easier to do so with Gnome. Then once you've got your footing, you > can try out the alternatives. > > I've tried and used several window managers. KDE is a time waster, > Gnome just works. Some of the lighter weight ones don't work, without a > big fight, with recent versions of Fedora (which seems to depend on > Gnome or KDE triggering off a few things that says the current user of > the console should have sound, should connect to a network, should mount > an inserted disc, etc.). When you use some alternative window managers, > you have to handle all of that yourself, manually. > I mainly agree. Gnome works pretty well with Fedora and is a good starting point. It's a good, clean desktop environment, and gives you the best way to try out Fedora. I actually prefer KDE and run KDE 3.5.9 on my Slackware desktop, but I'm still playing with and figuring out KDE 4.1 on Fedora 9. When I just want to use my laptop I'm running Gnome. You have to love Gnu/Linux for having these choices, :). - -- Jason Turning -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjfvzoACgkQVvqmgl050ryU3wCfU1dvtTF8ljKUVwZUY+PIIoMu OLwAn1dQr8i9etPzHmhg4xBoUNORfqeW =XPgl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
