The Ultimate Linux desktop: (Ubuntu) Gnome with KDE-software installed? (was: Re: Forums (was Re: Scary upgrade thing))

[Simon Rönnqvist]

   Hi!

Why is that?

   cheers, Simon


On Oct 17, 2005, at 16:13, Derek Slovin wrote:

> KDE and gtk+ applications is a much better solution than Gnome+kde  
> applications
>
> On 10/17/05, Simon Rönnqvist <simon at iki.fi> wrote:
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>> On Oct 17, 2005, at 15:35, Art Alexion wrote:
>>
>> Simon Rönnqvist wrote:
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>>
>> Anyways, due to the richer feature set and flexibility KDE might just
>> be the winner... even though it could lend some of the smoothness  
>> from
>> Gnome.
>>
>> Things change with time.  I always preferred kde to gnome, but  
>> found KDE
>> to be more resource hungry.  In the past (on Red Hat), I used KDE  
>> when I
>> needed it, and Fluxbox when I didn't.  Gnome was always a compromise
>> that filled no needs.  It didn't do much more than Fluxbox, while
>> devouring far greater resources.   It was slower than Fluxbox and  
>> weaker
>> than KDE.  When I switched to Ubuntu, I figured I'd stick with  
>> gnome for
>> speed.  This was a faster machine and Fluxbox wasn't necessary.  But
>> then I tried KDE and found that the speed difference of Gnome vs. KDE
>> wasn't significant, and KDE met far more of my needs.  This all  
>> seems to
>> prove that Linux environments improve efficiency as well as features
>> over time as contrasted with windows which seems to improve  
>> features at
>> the expense of efficiency (just throw more hardware at it).
>>
>>   I kind of figured that when using Gnome and having KDE-stuff  
>> installed one
>> can anyways get the most out of KDE, because very little of the  
>> KDE features
>> are outside actual applications such as Konqueror. My proposal for  
>> the
>> ultimate Linux desktop would actually be Gnome with good KDE  
>> integration.
>> This is because the Gnome interface is much userfrendlier and  
>> IMHO. a bit
>> smoother than KDE. While Gnome can sometimes be a bit short on
>> functionality, we can trust those looking for that functionality  
>> to be able
>> to find them through the KDE applications. As it is today Ubuntu  
>> with KDE
>> installed does a very good job at this, and even futher intentional
>> integration would make it even cooler. (BTW. If you haven't  
>> checked out
>> Gnome in Breezy, you definitely should... it's fixed the most  
>> disturbing
>> shortcomings in Hoary.)
>>
>> But as for stability, I never noticed much of a difference between  
>> KDE
>> vs. Gnome.  Beyond the features an individual might need that one
>> environment does better, it is just a matter of vanilla vs.  
>> chocolate.
>> If you want to see a big difference in terms of non windows interface
>> and speed, drop Gnome and KDE and try Fluxbox.
>>
>>   I've found KDE giving me 'bombmessges' quite often. Especially  
>> now since
>> the upgrade to Breezy it's been unacceptably unstable and  
>> sometimes behaved
>> really wierdly. (Such as opened CD:s more than once after  
>> inserting them.
>> Even when I tried the Kubuntu Live DVD on my PowerBook the sound  
>> didn't work
>> and I didn't get the network working either. The Window menu in  
>> Konqueror
>> also seems to be missing, so consider this a bugreport. :-) I also  
>> had to
>> swich back to GDM since KDM started messing up Gnome, starting  
>> some kdeinit
>> processes and such.
>>
>> However, this may of course well be instability in Kubuntu and not  
>> KDE in
>> general. But at least for now this means that I'll be running  
>> Ubuntu (Gnome)
>> yet enjoying a bunch of KDE applications in a stable and smooth  
>> manner. :-)
>>
>>   cheers, Simon
>>
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