Installing and newbies

[Derek Broughton]

Michael Leone wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> 
>> That's fine, but they're not KDE apps.  That's like complaining that
>> Windows didn't come with Netscape installed (oh, wait, there was a whole
>> federal
>> anti-monopoly case about that...).  It's not a KDE distro's place to
>> decide what non-KDE apps you want - and no matter what that court found,
>> there isn't any good reason why Microsoft should install any other
>> vendor's browser in Windows.
> 
> Well, technically, that wasn't the court's decision, nor the real reason
> for the case,

Yeah, I know :-)

> but I happen to agree with you. 
> 
>> If you don't want KDE, there's a whole Gnome Ubuntu
>> version available.
> 
> Personally, I think Gnome as an environment sucks. The apps are pretty
> good, usually, but the whole is just distasteful to me.
> 
> The beauty of Linux - choice ...
 
I installed Gnome 8.04 this week.  It still looks klunky - sort of like a
Java AWT application (though I love the Hardy Heron desktop wallpaper). 
KDE _looks_ more polished, though I'll admit some of Gnome's apps are
actually much better.
-- 
derek