Gnome is not so bad

[budman7]

If any of you have read my post about kde vs gnome you will see that I have always said that Gnome is ugly.
I have had to change my mind about that.

I was having a problem with some small system fonts, and I noticed that in XFCE4 that the fonts seemed fine.
So I wanted to see if it as just a kde thing, so I did "emerge gnome" to check this theory out. I am glad I have broadband and lots of ram.
And I was poking around and I started thinking, this doesn't look that bad.
I don't know if it is the way Gentoo does gnome or what.
I didn't like the way Gnome looked in FC or Ubuntu.

P.S.this is all my opinion, so let's not start any kde vs. gnome flame wars.

[techieMoe]

I flirt with different window managers, and Gnome has my attention when I'm in the mood. They all have their place. In SuSE I generally use KDE, in CentOS I use Gnome, in Vector I use IceWM. Gentoo at the moment has Fluxbox I think. If a distro comes with a WM or DE, I tend to use it.

[TomX]

As you probably know it's just a matter of opinion.

There's nothing particularly wrong with any of the *main* distributions (hard to define the *main* distributes, assume the top 6 used).

I just like KDE, not sure why, I wish I liked a lighter desktop enviroment (maybe I like KDE for it's heavyness (sp?)).

[bigtomrodney]

I have always been a KDE kinda guy, occasionally playing with a WM like Enlightenment or Windowmaker. I mostly install Gnome but never really use it. However there have been great advances in it and I'm using it as my primary Desktop for the moment. I really like it, though Amarok is probably my favourite app and I don't really like the idea of loading Gnome when the guts of the application I use most is KDEcentric.

there is a great level of integration in Gnome, which is the thing that lacks most in KDE although it is fast improving. Credit to Ubuntu, it was my ship-it discs that brought my attention back to Gnome and I'm glad for that. My laptop is still running KDE all the time but my server runs Gnome and I'm happy with that. My girlfriend much prefers Gnome. Not for any reason other than the wallpapers are great. In fact they are excellent. My only concern is that you get the impression of OSX a bit. I've always thought that it was a bit more Apple than Windows though.

Anyway, there's been a lot of hype for KDE4. I'm really looking forward to it, and am testing 3.5beta2 at the moment. I do think that if the release doesn't live up to the hype I may convert to Gnome.

[techieMoe]

My only concern is that you get the impression of OSX a bit. I've always thought that it was a bit more Apple than Windows though.

I think the Gnome programmers would probably be elated to hear that. I seem to remember reading somewhere that they're aiming to emulate OS X.

[oz]

I like both, Gnome and KDE to some extent. Gnome seems to always give me better fonts, but I get better speed with KDE. However, that's just my own observations after playing with both of them over the last 7 years. Other users might see things differently.

[truoc444]

is there some way in gnome to make the desktop background a slideshow that changes every few minutes. that's always been the biggest reason i use kde instead of gnome. i get bored of the same ol desktop all the time.

[techieMoe]

is there some way in gnome to make the desktop background a slideshow that changes every few minutes. that's always been the biggest reason i use kde instead of gnome. i get bored of the same ol desktop all the time.

I would also be interested in some way to have different backgrounds for each of my virtual desktops... another KDE feature I like. But then I guess there's a reason KDE isn't Gnome or vice-versa.

[bigtomrodney]

My only concern is that you get the impression of OSX a bit. I've always thought that it was a bit more Apple than Windows though.

I think the Gnome programmers would probably be elated to hear that. I seem to remember reading somewhere that they're aiming to emulate OS X.

Really? I suppose if the OSX dock was available on Gnome....

Generally I try to avoid making my system look like anything else. I'm proud to be running linux, I don't use it to replace any other OS. That said I've tried Baghira a few times on KDE and Gnome, but I much prefer Plastik or D3a.

[truoc444]

now that i think of it if one application or window manager or distro did everything i wanted then where would the fun in that be. half the fun of linux is mixing and matching and trying new things. i forget that sometimes.