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From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone??
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On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 15:54:46 -0700
Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote:

> What does KDE or GNOME buy you anyway?  Besides overhead.

I don't expect to be able to convince you, but a lot of people find
desktop environments easier to use than a whole load of terminals. For
example I sometimes prefer to use kdiff3 instead of plain "svn diff"
and KDE makes that simple.

-- 
Bruce Cran