Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 5th Jun 2003 06:49 UTC
One year ago I wrote a review of Gnome 2. Some people thought I was harsh, others thought I was fair, point is, I always write what I think and surely Gnome 2.0 didn't have the polish or stability of a .0 release. But one year has passed. Gnome 2.2.1 is out, and I must say one thing: I am starting to get impressed by the effort and the clean interface Gnome 2 is now offering. Update: Screenshots inside.
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I've used Linux for about a year and a half. Back when I started, I did not like Gnome 1.4 at all, so I chose KDE as my DE. I tried Gnome2, liked it more, but still stick with KDE 3.0.
Then I realized that almost all of the apps that I personally prefer -- Evolution, gFTP, GAIM, Galeon -- were GTK apps, and it was weird running them in KDE. I know you can use Keramik/Geramik or Bluecurve to make them look the same, but some things you can't change, like the format of the dialog boxes and the file selector thing. It was confusing to have one file selector box open up when running a KDE app and another to open up when running a Gnome app. I like things to be consistent.
So, I decided to try Gnome 2.2 and was really taken by it. Now, I've made the switch to Gnome 2.2 and I doubt I'll ever look back. This is not to bash KDE at all. KDE has lots of very strong points, and is superior to Gnome in many ways, but the simple lines, clean interface, and less-is-more approach to Gnome has won me over. I recently booted into KDE 3.1 and I couldn't believe how many options there were in the KDE control center thing. Configuration is nice, but WOW! It was confusing.
I definitely think it's great having both. I love the fact that Linux gives you a choise of many DE's.
Anyway, I like the way things are progressing in the Gnome camp. People are working hard on improving things and it shows. Hats off to the Gnome guys and gals.