From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 23:18:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C67F116A4CE for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 23:18:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (law11-oe29.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.16.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EA1543D45 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 23:18:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ericdgreene@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 23:10:44 -0800 Received: from 166.90.111.233 by law11-oe29.law11.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:03:18 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [166.90.111.233] X-Originating-Email: [ericdgreene@hotmail.com] X-Sender: ericdgreene@hotmail.com From: "Eric Greene" To: References: <1691D8C9A2220149A8AF30209B5D0EB467F55F@sc3.shuaacapital.co.ae> <200401081043.18012.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:46:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jan 2004 07:10:44.0361 (UTC) FILETIME=[B2B08790:01C3D67F] Subject: Re: GNOME is poor, is it? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 07:18:30 -0000 Thanks for the informative post on those differences. As a total non-M$-OS newbie, I am enjoying GNOME just fine; I've yet to give KDE much of a go. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson David" To: "Mazen S. Alzogbi" ; Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: Re: GNOME is poor, is it? > On Thursday 08 January 2004 08:54 am, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just installed GNOME on my machine and I am comparing it with KDE. > > KDE loads with much more applications and it even has a control > > center for system settings. FYI, I installed GNOME by pkg_add -rv > > gnome2. > > I'm a huge KDE fan. But I'm going to switch hats and defend GNOME for a > while. > > KDE and GNOME have different philosophies of the desktop. Neither is > correct. GNOME prefers to be a simpler desktop with fewer bundled > applications (like Windows). KDE prefers to be a full featured desktop > with more bundled applications (like OSX). Everything you can do in KDE > you can do in GNOME, but you might have to install additional GNOME > applications that aren't part of the gnome2 meta port. > > GNOME prefers a minimalist desktop with fewer user configurable options. > You aren't able to "tweak" every little detail. KDE is the opposite, > and prefers a wider feature set with configuration options for > everything. There has been a minor "holy war" over these differences, > as GNOME people say KDE is too difficult and that the large number of > options in the control center scares away newbies, while KDE people say > GNOME is too simplistic and presumes to know better than the user what > the user should be doing. > > I'm in between. Try them both for an extended period of time (at least a > week for both), and decide for yourself. > > Sidenote: GNOME does have a control center. I can't remember it's name > off the top of my head, but it's one of the options available under the > "Start Here" icon. > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >