Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:04:56 +0000 From: Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk To: "James A Wilde" <james.wilde@telia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which X-window to choose? Message-ID: <00256866.00426B86.00@rslhub.raytheon.co.uk>
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Hi,
Here are my views
> Thanks, Nils, you asked the same question I was about to ask. However, I
> have an additional criterion. Are any of these systems establishing
> themselves as standards? I know of Gnome and kde, and that Redhat has
just
> dropped kde for Gnome which presumably gives Gnome an edge, but how are
the
> camps dividing themselves among FBSD users?
RedHat have far from dropped KDE from their installation. The latest 6.1
installation allows a 'KDE' desktop to be installed rather that 6.0's Gnome
one and without pissing around for 2 hours with switchdesk. There also
appears to be a _huge_ amount of commercial backing for KDE from various
sources. Gnome looks nice, but it's hardly stable and not very practical.
I personally dumped both of them for the raw speed and power of
WindowMaker. So it doesnt have a native file manager? So it doesnt have
feature x and y. It has so many more good points:-
1. It's rock solid
2. It'll run speedily on a P90
3. It's easy to use - not overcomplicated like the win9x/2000/gnome
desktop
4. It's simpler than most and therefore less bugs.
5. It's very customisable.
This is my view, but I'd recommend KDE as a good second and possible a
first for new UNIX users. I wouldnt recommend RedHat though for anyone.
It's got more holes than a seive.
Regarding standards, KDE has adopted it's own 'standard' known as
KOM/OpenParts (I think). Gnome uses an existing standard but it's a
'commercial style' one which I dont like. I compare it to Microsoft DCOM
which is foul and should be burned at the stake :o)
Chris Smith
Raytheon Systems Limited
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