Ubuntu-Chicago Off topic KDE vvs Gnome

[RJ Marsan]

ive yet to notice any speed difference using XFCE compared to Gnome, but a
big difference when it comes to KDE, especially on comptuers with little ram

On 9/16/06, Max Luebbe <max.luebbe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To each their own.
>
> I use my setup for day to day stuff like evolution and firefox -
> and I do all my development in Eclipse or in the case of Python, PHP,
> and HTML in Gedit.
>
> I'm more comfortable with how Gnome is set up, and I don't need the
> KSuite.
>
> Also - I just set up XUbuntu on an old dual p3 box, and damn does that
> run well and hardware thats almost 10 years old.
>
> -Max
>
> On 9/16/06, Freddy Martinez <freddymartinez9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > and the apps are better IMO. amarok, Koffice, Konversation (i use xchat
> > anyways) etc.
> >
> >
> > On 9/16/06, Freddy Martinez < freddymartinez9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I found GNOME hard to navigate and ugly. As for speed, I'm not sure
> about
> > that, but I just need to use KDE for everything. Its very easy to
> navigate
> > and that's what I need.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/16/06, Mike Greenwood <mjgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That's what's kind of wierd, I want stuff from both.  I like the
> feel of
> > gnome as well but there's allot from the KDE side that I want.
> > > > I'm so conflicted.... (the hardships of life :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 9/16/06, Max Luebbe <max.luebbe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > GNOME has shared libs as well (gtk,glib)
> > > > > Regardless of speed, I've just never been a fan of KDE.
> > > > > I really can't explain my reasoning - GNOME just feels better.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Max
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9/16/06, RJ Marsan < rjmarsan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > KDE has all of the K* apps use the same libs as kde, so it uses
> less
> > ram
> > > > > > than usual, therefore slightly faster.  As for speed, it all
> depends
> > on how
> > > > > > configured it is.  By default it runs fine, but if you strip out
> > some stupid
> > > > > > features it runs faster than GNOME.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 9/16/06, Andrew Bassett <andrew at abassett.org > wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 10:38 -0500, Mike Greenwood wrote:
> > > > > > > > Well I know this is a bit off topic and has been beaten into
> the
> > > > > > > > ground but I wanted Chicago's take on this.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I'm a gnome fan only buy default (I'm use to it).  I've
> install
> > kde in
> > > > > > > > the past and was impressed.  This time how ever I got into
> it a
> > bit
> > > > > > > > and tweaked the display.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I noticed that KDE seems to run crazy fast compared to
> gnome.
> > Is this
> > > > > > > > something others have experienced?  Since apps are
> > interchangeable
> > > > > > > > what are your pro/cons
> > > > > > > > for each?  Just thought I'd ask...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've heard a claim before that each new version of KDE
> supposedly
> > runs
> > > > > > > faster on the same hardware. I can't really comment further on
> > this -
> > > > > > > I'm a big GNOME user and have tried KDE over the years, but
> always
> > end
> > > > > > > up coming back to GNOME. Hopefully a KDE user has some insight
> > because I
> > > > > > > have tended to notice that GNOME can be a bit sluggish at
> times.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > PS.  I got a new job..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I'm tossing that old
> one
> > to the
> > > > > > > > curb
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Congratulations!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Andrew Bassett
> > > > > > > andrew at abassett.org
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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> > > -Freddy Martinez-
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