GNOME and KDE
 

I'm a Newbie to Linux and really want to get to know Linux as i grow older. I'm 15 now and liek i said want to learn Linux. With GNOME being the newest and faster GUI in Linux should i even bother installing KDE? Let me know your reasons and why? Thanks Alot

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You can use KDE apps in Gnome, and you can use Gnome apps in KDE, so if you find one that fits you better, go for it, and just carry over the apps from KDE that you like(d) (if any).

Cool

Bzzzt! Wrong :p

What am i wrong about it beign faster or newer. I 've read that GNOME take 1/3 of the time that KDE does in loading apps and booting up.

Well, it's all going to be relative, and "newer" well in linux nearly all of your mainstream programs will have CVS, so I guess newer would be constituted by which one releases their nightly tarball or updates their CVS at that given moment fastest ;)

Speed on doing what, and even then, it's not going to be the same on everyone's system(s).

Cool

What a useless statistic. Severely dependant on hardware and the rest of your linux setup.

Why not just try KDE and GNOME, and the many other great window managers/desktop environments out there?

I'm sure a *box fork from blackbox, eg wiamea or Fluxbox is newer than Gnome (I dont mean Gnome doesnt have a new release out), and few WMs compare to the very feature lacking basic ones like PWM and other obscure oldies.

ok so heres the basic question. Whats CVS and which GUI shoudl i install if i'm new to linux and am very interested in learning linux. I've gotten a few books and most of them talk about GNOME not KDE. So i'm assuming i should go with GNOME being its the latest and more written about GUI in Linux?

Go google CVS.
Try some WMs which should come with any large distro. Enlightenment, Fluxbox, WindowMaker all spring to mind as lighter alternatives to K/G. Just go and try them and you'll see how funny your question is once you've just done it.

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CVS is loosely translated: The latest version of something.

It's released daily, actually, updated whenever somebody updates something with the package. Very nice for those bleeding edge folks :)

As for which you should use, give em both a try. If you wanna follow the books, go for it. After you get a handle, give the other a try, or even while you are getting the hang do it. It's very versatile, you aren't "stuck" with one.

Cool

Ok, it seems like everyone keeps beating around the bush with this question. Which is the better GUI GNOME or KDE? Well not better but better for a newbie like me. I really am serious about learning Linux and i wanan learn on either GNOME or KDE. Which One? Ok THanks Alot

MasterC, CVS means Concurrent Versioning System, it's the system by which developers can add changes to a central code base without screwing each other's work, or doing the same thing twice. And it makes getting the latest updates easy. See Sourceforge for example. :)

kazykid22 there is no better one! If there was we'd all be using it exclusively! :rolleyes:

Ok so which is the better GUI for me to learn on GNOME or KDE? Jsut btwn those two. Nothing Else?

;) I didn't wanna boggle the poor guys mind :D

Check the link there buddy, we aren't beating around the bush, it's not a cut and dry "this one is better" or else everyone would be using it ;)

There's discussions upon discussions of reasons why one is better over the other, the link above has threads with those discussions so you can get a feel for everyone's ideas without having to invoke them yourself.

And in addition to everyone's comments in those threads, you don't need to be tied down to one or the other. Or either in that case. You have the freedom to use their tools, in any environment you'd like.

Cool

okay a simple comparison with Gnome and KDE:

KDE is a bit slower, yes, but I have found it a bit more "tweakable" and better looking (with themes) than Gnome

Both are very similar for most purposes but there are a few differences such as a feature-heavy file manager (which doubles as a web browser) and a more customizable taskbar and desktop that made me choose KDE over Gnome. They are very similar and I could probably switch if I wanted to, but I don't think I will because I'm happy with KDE.

If you want to learn the details of the operating system I find that Gnome hides the details of the underlying OS more than KDE does. KDE lets you easily configure it but Gnome is more simple, with less options.

I find that KDE does run somewhat slower but that is partly because on a system as slow as mine (PII, 233 MHz, 96MB RAM) you tend to notice a difference. On a faster computer I doubt whether it is significant at all.