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How can I answer this question for you? They are both good. They are both bad. It depends on what you want and what YOU like. This is about YOU. YOU choose which is better. Why don't you try KDE for one week and then Gnome for week two. No swapping or changing and then YOU might be able to answer your own question. BTW - there is no answer.
WARNING!!! You'll convert this thread in a flame war.
There's no point in discussing which is better. You just have to install both, try them and decide by yourself which one you like more, that's what matters, so the opinions that you will read here or in the web are irrelevant.
One thing I could say is that some distros have polished more one Desktop Environment, in fact they are clearly leaned towards one of them, so if you want to try one of them is better if you first choose a distro:
USe them both and choose the one that suites you best. There have been so many threads about this issue and which one is best comes down to personal preference.
If you like something that feature rich and configurable then KDE could be what you are looking for. GNOME is a lot more simplistic and less configurable than KDE.
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