From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 14 4: 6:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pointer.raytheon.co.uk (pointer.raytheon.co.uk [193.115.14.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9230D151B5 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:06:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk) Received: from rslhub.raytheon.co.uk (unverified) by pointer.raytheon.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with SMTP id ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:11:28 +0000 Received: by rslhub.raytheon.co.uk(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.2 (693.3 8-11-1998)) id 00256866.00426CC8 ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:05:32 +0000 X-Lotus-FromDomain: RAYTHEONUK From: Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk To: "James A Wilde" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <00256866.00426B86.00@rslhub.raytheon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:04:56 +0000 Subject: Re: Which X-window to choose? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message