The Ultimate Linux desktop: (Ubuntu) Gnome with KDE-software installed?

[Art Alexion]

Simon Rönnqvist wrote:

>
>   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.


The problem with this is the unnecessary overhead.  When in gnome, you
have to load the gtk libraries just for the interface, and when you
launch a KDE app, you load the qt libraries.  Sometimes you end up
launching much more, like DCOP and other parts of KDE *on top of gnome
and gtk*.

It works the same way in reverse, i.e. running gnome apps under KDE. 
Some gtk apps are not full gnome, though, like easyTAG and jpilot.


> This is because the Gnome interface is much userfrendlier and IMHO. a
> bit smoother than KDE.


That is a matter of personal taste and preference.


>
>> 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.

...

> 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. :-)
>
>  


Maybe its a breezy thing.  I don't see much stability difference in
hoary, (or for that matter in Red Hat).  As with hoary, I am waiting a
couple of months for the big bugs to get ironed out before switching to
breezy.

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