which is better? gnome or kde? and why?

i_is_cat · 06-21-2003, 04:14 AM

hello everyone i use kde and a lot of people give me links to programs that work only on gnome and i was just wondering which environment people like better and why

i should probably also add that if this has been posted again i apologize and the moderators can get rid of it if they choose.. they don't have to snap at me about it first or anything..

Embeder · 06-21-2003, 04:21 AM

yes,some program work better on gnome than kde,and gnome running stable and fast than kde.

Obi Perrin · 06-21-2003, 04:49 AM

Only work on Gnome? I think you might be mistaken. Some apps are written in GTK (which is what Gnome uses), and some use QT/KDE (which is what KDE uses). Just because they're written with different libraries doesn't mean though that I can't for example open XMMS or gaim (GTK apps) in KDE.

Which one is better? They're both as slow as each other, but if I had to choose it'd be KDE.

If you want the best though, you could try xfce4

stony · 06-21-2003, 04:55 AM

Hi,

choose wmaker

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Proud · 06-21-2003, 05:09 AM

I'm currently trying Enlightenment with a decent theme from themes.freshmeat.net while I wait for the new Fluxbox stable release, or maybe KDE with the next Mandrake release.

killi · 06-21-2003, 07:22 AM

pretty simple: black box

v3rb0 · 06-21-2003, 07:29 AM

take a look @ IceWM and ROX filer.. together they ar simple and good window manager with fast filer. I like em

2damncommon · 06-21-2003, 09:52 AM

As, Obi Perrin, mentions, programs usually will run in either.
If you like to run programs from both then you install both KDE and Gnome. A program you add may require another package(s) that you don't have installed yet.
Then you can use the desktop you want with the programs you want.
Are you just assuming a Gnome program will not work in KDE or have you had problems installing them?

trickykid · 06-21-2003, 10:39 AM

You should have searched first, this is asked all the time.

Your only going to get opinions, but the real answer is right here: Neither are better, they both have their pros and cons but only you can decide which one is better.