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I'm setting up a new desktop and am at the point of deciding whether to venture away from the familiar GNOME to KDE (4.x). Sure, it's easy enough to just try KDE in theory, but in practice it'll take a bit of time investment to customize it, so I'm doing some research. (I've already toyed around with it for a while via a Kubuntu live CD.) One feature that might be compelling enough to warrant a switch is session management. In GNOME, there are sessions, but the GNOME affiliated applications don't seem to be so smart about saving their internal state, particularly GNOME Terminal, which seems to remember nothing other than the quantity of windows and a few aesthetic attributes. GNOME sessions, in my experience, also were a bit flaky. After the first reboot, you'd get most things restored, then the next time you'd get only a few, etc. I've read that KDE is better in this area, and when I previously brought up the topic of xterm sessions David Rosenstrauch recommended Konsole. I toyed with Konsole, but didn't put it into daily use. It probably warrants a second look. Anyone have comments on their experiences with KDE session management in general? -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
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