Re: [sheflug] KDE vs Gnome... (batten down the hatches, etc etc)

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And Lo! The Great Prophet " Lesley Binks" uttered these words of wisdom:
>
> I use KDE on SuSE 10 for my 'workstation' (Athlon 2k XP plus 2G RAM) and
> fluxbox on a debian unstable (Dell Latitude 700 with 256MB RAM).
> <pedantic>
> Fluxbox is not a desktop system;  IceWM isn't either; they are window
> managers.  Faster startup and I don't need a desktop environment.
> </pedantic>

Yep - I know both Fluxbox and IceWM. Didn't like IceWM myself in favour of
Fluxbox :-)

> If your partner is used to a desktop environment then best to stick with
> Gnome or KDE imo.

That's what I was thinking; then if she wants to move over to something
else later, she'll have the option.

> I've used Gnome before but really started out with SuSE and KDE so
> that's what I've stuck with.

I've not used either, and have never got round to installing gnome or KDE
libs so don't even know what the apps are like for each. I'm happy with a
WM that can run several xterms -- CTWM was the WM of choice on stressed
university networks. :-)

Chris...



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