High, i currently use KDE when i use linux, but i was wondering is there any advantages to gnome. I have not experimented with it, i was just wondering if it was worth to fool aorund with, and what are some postiives and negatives of it compared to KDE.

I use dirstros mandrake 10.0 and yoper

My positive is gnome seems faster.
Negative is gnome settings and menu editing, the KDE control center is a lot better.

But really you should try yourself otherwise you won't find out if you like it or not. I didn't really like any of them so I just use fluxbox.

I currently use Gnome. I just thought it looked better when I began using linux and now I like it very much.

I've got a question: What is fluxbox and how do I get it? just curious...

go to http://fluxbox.org/... basically is it a window manager

Command Line> yum install fluxbox

Yes: People should try FluxBox (personal favorite), XFCE (which actually looks a bit like Gnome), Enlightenment (which doesn't really look like anything else) or WindowMaker (for the uncluttered look).

thanks! It's pretty cool!!

can you run fluxox on any distro?

Yes flux runs under anything its pretty cool

try also Pekwm .......http://pekwm.org/ ...similar to fluxbox

Just looked at it PekWM - it's live RSS feed is excellently cool.

KDE:
+ Tweakbility, it gives you a lot of control. I can customize KDE exactly the way I like it
+ I like KDE's applications. GNOME stuff I use is Firefox and gaim.
- Konqueror crashes more than it should. Can get slow, but generally not.

GNOME:
+ Great look, simplicity.
- Not as customizable as KDE. Doesn't fit me as well as KDE does.
+ May be faster for you, but from my experience, KDE and GNOME are as fast as each other.
+ Firefox is GTK.

Fluxbox:
+ Fast
- If I want to run a lot of stuff, then Fluxbox and I don't work well. It gets confusing for me.

Window Maker:
+ Fast
+ Easier to work with than Fluxbox (my opinion)
- The dock seems to prefer once instance of a program at a time.
+ Good for focus since the dock prefers one instance of a program at a time.
If I wasn't allowed to use GNOME or KDE, this would be my choice.

XFCE:
- Didn't like the default file manager
+ Easy lightweight window manager. Should be a good balance between something like GNOME and something like Fluxbox.
- I didn't really like its feel.

So for me, KDE for everything, and Window Maker for note taking in class.