KDE or GNOME?

[geddy]

Which one is the best for beginners? KDE looks cooler than GNOME but i dont know the pros and cons of either. Could someone please lay it out for me?

[Daedra]

its realy a personal preference, i prefer KDE myself, try them both out and decide for yourself

[trekker]

I think I remember reading a thread disussing about this that [provided quite a bit of info on the pros and cons. Not too sure... maybe you can do a forum search. It should turn up something helpful.

[bdg1983]

Yes, it was in this forum and probably no more than a week ago. Shouldn't be too hard to find.

[trekker]

Found it : http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=001710

[slimshady365]

As a personal opinion, I like KDE2 as used in SuSE. But that's just my opinion. Especially considering that KDE is now just screwing up on my RH7 box.

[Moondog]

Originally posted by geddy:
<STRONG>Which one is the best for beginners? KDE looks cooler than GNOME but i dont know the pros and cons of either. Could someone please lay it out for me?</STRONG>

For me, it depends on the hardware you have. I've got a "trailing edge" system (AMD K6 200 64M ram). KDE and GNOME both seemed slightly slow and unresponsive on my box, so I looked for something a bit lighter on resource use. After working my way through most of the window managers available, I've settled on blackbox as the best fit for me. Not only is it easy on resource use, it works the way I think and looks extremely nice.

My advice - take the time to try *all* of the desktop options out there for you. You'll find one that will please your right and left brains, and that will be the one for you.

[MBMarduk]

Geddy, considering your "Linux Sucks" thread, Windows is a better choice for you than either kde or gno-me.

[TaeShadow]

If you want my personal opinion, KDE is much better than GNOME in ease of use and functionality, and there is absolutely no reason to use GNOME, whether you're a beginner or an advanced user.

HOWEVER, there are two other important things to consider:

1) Both of them are memory intensive. If you don't have a reasonably state-of-the-art system (&gt;= 64 mb of RAM), you might be better off sticking with a lightweight window manager.

2) One of the great things about the Open Source movement is the amount of options. Though I may not like GNOME, it is a great thing that the user can choose which one he likes.

Also, remember that KDE can run GNOME programs and vice versa, so there's no restriction on the software you can run with either one.