Re: KDE4 vs. GNOME (please no religion :-)

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 03:49:33 -0400 
Brendan <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> On Saturday 05 July 2008, Jerry Feldman wrote: 
> > At one time, KDE was the better desktop system for Linux for technical 
> > reasons of stability and applications. Today, it appears that GNOME has 
> > surpassed KDE.  I use GNOME (RHEL4) at work and on my laptop (Ubuntu 
> > 8.04) and KDE4/SuSE 11.0. I always install both KDE and GNOME on my 
> > desktop so I can switch. I've always preferred KDE for my desktop, but 
> > I am getting used to GNOME, and it does appear that KDE is starting to 
> > be more screwed up.  What I would like to see is a non-religious, 
> > objective discussion of various features of GNOME and KDE. 
> 
> Obviously, this is just your opinion vs mine, but I don't see how KDE is 
> starting to be more "Screwed up"? Works great for me. Do you mean the desktop 
> functionality and embedded apps, like systemsettings (kcontrol in old 
> parlance) plasma, etc? If you mean other apps, which ones? Any missing 
> functionality in this transition period is filled by running KDE3 and 4 apps 
> together. Works nicely. 4.1 is great, and getting better every day. KDE 3.5.0 
> even, with k3b, amarok and Konsole ranks right up there with other 
> indispensable things such as iced tea and sushi. 
> 
> Certainly, nobody is pushing you to use the newer KDE 4.x, right? You can 
> stick with the same ole 3.x and your apps for a year or more and still be 
> productive as you ever were...