KDE gui vs. Gnome GUI

Curt6000 · 11-09-2004, 11:11 AM

im just a lil currious... but im caught between the 2... can someone help me decide?

Tinkster · 11-09-2004, 11:40 AM

Mate, that's mostly a matter of taste, and you'll
have to develop that yourself ;)

Cheers,
Tink

Linux~Powered · 11-09-2004, 11:41 AM

Use a quater! I've had many headaches with KDE though, but works fine for other people.

student04 · 11-09-2004, 11:55 AM

For me, KDE is pure eye-candy, and is more customizable. GNOME is more the, well, "professional" windowing system, if i dare say so. But i must also agree with Tinskter in that you will have to decide on that yourself. Install both if you can, and take turns using each for a while. Whichever you feel comfortable with after a while will be the one you'll want to use (though if you DO install both, you can always just re-login to use the other, should you get bored :-) ).

Thymox · 11-09-2004, 06:57 PM

Use both! If you have both installed, you can easily run Gnome apps under KDE, and vice versa. Don't limit yourself, be free!

snatale1 · 11-09-2004, 08:19 PM

As above

KDE = Looks a little better wih way more toys and much more configurable at the sacrifice of a little speed
GNOME = Fast but a little plain.

Tinkster · 11-09-2004, 11:44 PM

Odd - there was me thinking that KDE is a bit
less pretty, and Gnome a bloated goat, errrh,
load of eye-candy :)

Cheers,
Tink

Esmo2000 · 11-10-2004, 01:14 AM

How do I go about switching my default window manager in Fedora Core 2? I can't figure out for the life of me what i have to do.

Cheers,
~Jim

student04 · 11-10-2004, 02:03 AM

can you select a window manager at login...? if not, there is a command in the redhat/fedora series

Code:

# switchdesk

it should either prompt you in the konsole for a window manager, or pop up a gui to select one

snatale1 · 11-10-2004, 06:48 AM

at login click session at the bottom of the screen.

Curt6000 · 11-10-2004, 09:12 AM

thanks guys, you've all been a great help! wish u guys were on some other forums i've been on. Everyone else is just really evil

Linux24 · 11-10-2004, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Esmo2000
How do I go about switching my default window manager in Fedora Core 2? I can't figure out for the life of me what i have to do.

Cheers,
~Jim

There is a system configuration file in which the Desktop is defined. Do a grep through the files in /etc and look for the word "desktop" or "Desktop" and you will find it.