[KLUG Members] Re: gnome and kde -- KDE users should NOT comment on Gnome!

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 15:43, Dirk H Bartley wrote:
> It's not about what it can and cannot do (every time), it's
> about what it does by default sometimes.

Defaults are for cookie-cut users.  Yes, many exist.  But there are
those of us that try different things out and find what _we_ like.

But we're also the type who find things out _before_ they vote and
doesn't just vote party lines.

> KDE does have a more m$ feel for those that care to have a 
> smoother transistion.

Oh, I'll totally agree with that.  I have a saying, "KDE has been
influenced by Windows, Gnome has been influenced by NeXT."

> For myself, if I can download the source for multi-gnome term
> and get one multi gnome term session going in a few different
> desktops with lots of bash sessions in each, I'm happy.  I
> don't look in the control center unless I feel doing so might
> solve a problem I am having.

I only hit GnomeCC once.  I change the focus (enter-only) and a few
other defaults I don't like.  Then my setting are permanent no matter
what machine I goto in my network because I NFS mount my home
directory.  I also setup Nautilus to make my home directory my desktop,
which makes getting at my files cake.

> I use gnome about %80 of the time and KDE the rest, so I guess
> you could call me a gnome user, just not a gnome experimenter.
> I guess I'm just easy to please.

And that's fine.

> KDE v Gnome Hogwash?  I don't get into that, I like them both.

I think both are great for Linux and community desktop efforts.

> Multi-gnome term works in both of them.  As for asking ME not to
> comment on it, sorry to offend, but comment I will.

And I will call you when you are _wrong_.

> The question was "What specifically is easier in KDE than in
> GNOME?".  I gave a specific from the perspective of someone that
> does not try every option in the control panel to see what it does.

Then that's fine.  Just be wary under the context you make such
statements.

-- Bryan

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