GNOME is poor, is it?

[Eric Greene]

Thanks for the informative post on those differences.

As a total non-M$-OS newbie, I am enjoying GNOME just fine; I've yet to give
KDE much of a go.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson David" <DavidJohnson at Siemens.com>
To: "Mazen S. Alzogbi" <freebsd at mazenalzogbi.com>;
<freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: GNOME is poor, is it?


> On Thursday 08 January 2004 08:54 am, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just installed GNOME on my machine and I am comparing it with KDE.
> > KDE loads with much more applications and it even has a control
> > center for system settings. FYI, I installed GNOME by pkg_add -rv
> > gnome2.
>
> I'm a huge KDE fan. But I'm going to switch hats and defend GNOME for a
> while.
>
> KDE and GNOME have different philosophies of the desktop. Neither is
> correct. GNOME prefers to be a simpler desktop with fewer bundled
> applications (like Windows). KDE prefers to be a full featured desktop
> with more bundled applications (like OSX). Everything you can do in KDE
> you can do in GNOME, but you might have to install additional GNOME
> applications that aren't part of the gnome2 meta port.
>
> GNOME prefers a minimalist desktop with fewer user configurable options.
> You aren't able to "tweak" every little detail. KDE is the opposite,
> and prefers a wider feature set with configuration options for
> everything. There has been a minor "holy war" over these differences,
> as GNOME people say KDE is too difficult and that the large number of
> options in the control center scares away newbies, while KDE people say
> GNOME is too simplistic and presumes to know better than the user what
> the user should be doing.
>
> I'm in between. Try them both for an extended period of time (at least a
> week for both), and decide for yourself.
>
> Sidenote: GNOME does have a control center. I can't remember it's name
> off the top of my head, but it's one of the options available under the
> "Start Here" icon.
>
> David
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