From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 20 11:22:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD28816A402 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:22:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC41243D48 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:22:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.61 #1 (FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE)) id 1FWXFI-000KXl-96 by authid for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:22:48 +0300 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:22:48 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060420112248.GR10141@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44467A52.2050100@greenmeadow.ca> <444682BD.4030807@utdallas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message, where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.11 (2005-09-15) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: KDE + GNOME? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:22:59 -0000 * On 20/04/06 13:19 +0200, Andreas Davour wrote: | On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Paul Schmehl wrote: | | >I just switched from Gnome to KDE because I had to many problems with | >Gnome. KDE is a much more finished product (IMNSHO) and it's much | >easier to work with regarding adding new menus, printer configuration | >and other things that are the real reason you have a desktop. | > | >Gnome requires dbus and seems to have problems connecting to it at | >times. Gnome updates are also a royal PITA (keep in mind, I haven't | >done a KDE update yet), and I got tired of having to run and rerun the | >updates to try and get everything working right again. It also | >generates a bunch of errors that I was never able to successfully | >eradicate, some of which make no sense. | > | >Gnome is "prettier" (IMNSHO), but pretty is secondary to functionality, | >and KDE has Gnome beat hands down in that category. | | Agree. | | >Don't shoot - just one man's opinion. | | Seconded. KDE updates works much better, and the developers don't call | you an idiot if you ask them why they took a specific design decision. And kde@FreeBSD.org gives GREAT support!!!! -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.