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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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RE[5]: There is no argument

by lemur2 on Mon 30th Mar 2009 22:10 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: There is no argument"

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"Thing is, most people get confused over what is part of GNOME and what is part of their distribution's standard GNOME environment.

Agreed. But what distros include GnomeDo? The *buntus don't. And I don't think Fedora does. To be sure, it is available in Universe. But is not blessed. And certainly is not installed by default. "

This is true. Agreed.

I find it quite strange, actually. Why does Ubuntu include the Mono libraries and yet not include GNOME Do?

It surely can't be that Ubuntu includes the Mono stuff just for the sake of TomBoy Notes and FSpot?

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RE[6]: There is no argument

by Hiev on Mon 30th Mar 2009 22:21 in reply to "RE[5]: There is no argument"