Re: [SLUG] KDE vs. Gnome

From: R P Herrold (herrold@owlriver.com)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 00:42:13 EST


On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Robin (Roblimo) Miller wrote:

> I have no hard stats to back up my contention that KDE is far more
> popular than Gnome on office desktops. I don't think there are any
> accurate stats on the subject. But:
>
> 1) Every commercial Linux desktop installation I have ever seen with my
> own eyes used KDE.
>
> 2) KDE is the default desktop for both Mandrake and SuSE.

and Connectiva ... and my personal X worktop
 
> Maybe I should make KDE vs. Gnome vs. other desktops a Linux.com poll.
> Not very accurate, but better than nothing, right?

Use each for two weeks as the primary -- count lockups and
estimate productivity. KDE wins. Obviously another vi v
emacs - / - majordomo v MailMan - / - TUI v GUI - / - combo --
no right answer, and there is the prospect of convergence with
the Qt-kde compatability API work --

-- rather better progress than Motif reached -- nothing like
competition.

-- Russ herrold



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