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GNOME, KDE: Which Has the Evolutionary Advantage?

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Mar 2009 18:43 UTC, submitted by elsewhere

Any discussion about GNOME vs. KDE is sure to end in tears. It's basically impossible to discuss which of these two Free desktop environments is better than the other, mostly because they cater to different types of people, with different needs and expectatotions. As such, Bruce Byfield decided to look at the two platforms from a different perspective: if we consider their developmental processes, which of the two is most likely to be more successful in the coming years?

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Hard to tell...

by skooal on Mon 30th Mar 2009 22:03 UTC

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2009-03-30

On one end KDE looks good, but is so heavy to run... then comes gnome and sorry about that but visually it is not that great... I am 100% E17 and for those that will say that it is highly unstable... I am running MoonOS and never had a problem.

But if I had to choose between the two I would say gnome, it seems easier to use for newbies (this is my own view of course).

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RE: Hard to tell...

by lemur2 on Mon 30th Mar 2009 22:43 in reply to "Hard to tell..."

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2007-02-17

On one end KDE looks good, but is so heavy to run

Excuse me?

KDE runs faster than GNOME.

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RE[2]: Hard to tell...

by Phucked on Tue 31st Mar 2009 21:37 in reply to "RE: Hard to tell..."

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2008-09-24

Another KDE is bloated and/or heavy post. Kde is faster and lighter than gnome and as been for at least 5 years now. It comes down to QT vs GTK+ really.

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