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  1. 12-25-2009 #1
    Dave-Oregon
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    Hi,

    Is it good practice to be running Gnome, and install KDE based items? If not, why not? New to Linux, and want to not make a mistake that will show up later in some form...

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    It shouldn't cause any trouble. I use Gnome and I always install K3B and AmaroK.

    When you install a KDE program in Gnome it will also install a lot of KDE libraries. This means that should you want only the game KReversi, you could end up install 200MB's of KDE. Also the libraries will need to be loaded when you first start a KDE program, so the first launch is a bit slower (nothing terrible though) than the Gnome equivalent. Same happens if you install Gnome programs in KDE. But using the KDE programs you like, outweighs that small disadvantage.
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    I agree with L4Linux. There are a few KDE packages which I prefer over their Gnome alternatives. I end up installing those KDE packages in Gnome most of the time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave-Oregon View Post
    Hi,

    Is it good practice to be running Gnome, and install KDE based items? If not, why not? New to Linux, and want to not make a mistake that will show up later in some form...

    Thanks,
    Dave
    The applications designed for each are supposed to be compatible and seem to be. I often mix a few select Gnome apps with the KDE desktop and all seems to work fine as long as all dependencies are installed.
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    Hi,

    Thanks for the nice answer... There are a few, and disk space is sheap now, so I will install. Thanks again!!

    Dave
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    Thank you as well... What fun this is!!

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