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It should not be taken lightly, and unfortunately it has split the Linux community somewhat. Google gives 50,000+ hits for [GNOME] vs [KDE].
With the recent (last 6 months) release of a new generation of both Gnome and KDE, there are some choices to make. Basically, evaluate both and decide which one you want.
-If you like KDE, you might want to look into [Mandrake], a distribution that was started because RedHat refused to support KDE in their distribution.
If you like GNOME, you have to look at XimianGnome
. __There is no simple answer__, for good and
for worse.
+If you like [
KDE]
, you might want to look into [Mandrake], a distribution that was started because RedHat refused to support [
KDE]
in their distribution. If you like [
GNOME]
, you have to look at FedoraCore, who tend to stagger their releases around GNOME's
. __There is no simple answer__, for better or
for worse.
-RedHat have recently tried to unify the two for the first time with their BlueCurve theme which basically is a theme/theming engine for both platforms that makes them look the same.
This is a truly excellent idea.
+RedHat have recently tried to unify the two for the first time with their BlueCurve theme which basically is a theme/theming engine for both platforms that makes them look the same. This is a truly excellent idea.
-It would seem that if you're American, you tend GNOME and if you're European, you tend toward KDE.
If you're RichardStallman you definitely don't tend toward KDE.
+It would seem that if you're American, you tend [
GNOME]
and if you're European, you tend toward [
KDE]
. If you're RichardStallman you definitely don't tend toward [
KDE]
.
+
+It should be pointed out that you do not need to choose either of these, you can always use programs from the other desktop under the one you're running. And while it may be a good idea to use one or the other for many users, there is also a third choice here: ignore these two warring desktop environments and use something else. Have you seen [XFce]?
