Linked by Neil Lucock on Tue 22nd Feb 2005 22:17 UTC
I'd better start by admitting that I'm a fan of KDE. It's not because it works like Windows, but for the quality of the tools available. However, a GUI is just a way of doing something and I think I've been a bit dismissive of the Gnome desktop up to now. I read a few reviews of Ubuntu, looked at their web site and decided to have a look. I wanted a general purpose (desktop) distribution and an opportunity to get to know the Gnome utilities.
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I must begin saying I'm a Debian user and use GNOME for all day work and pleasure. I've tried KDE a few times, but couldn't convince myself of it being superior to GNOME. I'm not trolling, and I will explain why:
We, humans, have different ways of thinking, different ways of achieving our work or enjoy our digital moments. The guy who uses a Mac knows why he uses it, and he probably won't change it doesn't matter how much I praise about Linux, GNOME or KDE or whatever I like. But if I like more GNOME than KDE because it's simpler and doesn't get in my path, that doesn't mean everyone out there will think or feel the way I do and need me to tell him what are the negative things, because it's just subjective as telling you blond girls are better than brunette ones.
This sort of comparisons won't help OSS. We must respect people choices. If you like KDE, go use it. If you like IceWM, go use it. I don't care. But don't be such subjective.