GNOME vs. KDE + operating systems in general
I prefer GNOME. I have always found it to be easier to use, more visually pleasing. It's simple and well-organized - a few essentials are laid out, the rest sequestered in intuitively labeled menus and folders. I don't like KDE - it's too Windows-y, with recursive menus and icons all over the place.
If you think about it, GNOME is kind of Mac-like. But I friggin' hate modern Macs! I think they're too flourishy and obscure what you're trying to do. I hate Windows Vista most of all because it's Windows trying to look like Macintosh and ends up with the worst of both. GNOME isn't like MacOS X or anything like that. GNOME is still clean and simple. It looks like older Macs, around system 7.5.
Could it be that simple? Could it be that I like GNOME simply because it functions like the earliest desktop I learned to use?
Linus Torvalds, I hear, prefers KDE. He says something to the effect that GNOME is too simple, so it doesn't do what he wants to do with it - with, I'm sure, some inflection of superiority in the language. Well, I suppose if you want to do a lot of things with your desktop, that's fine. But I'd rather do things from the command line, and keep my visual space relatively clear.
If you think about it, GNOME is kind of Mac-like. But I friggin' hate modern Macs! I think they're too flourishy and obscure what you're trying to do. I hate Windows Vista most of all because it's Windows trying to look like Macintosh and ends up with the worst of both. GNOME isn't like MacOS X or anything like that. GNOME is still clean and simple. It looks like older Macs, around system 7.5.
Could it be that simple? Could it be that I like GNOME simply because it functions like the earliest desktop I learned to use?
Linus Torvalds, I hear, prefers KDE. He says something to the effect that GNOME is too simple, so it doesn't do what he wants to do with it - with, I'm sure, some inflection of superiority in the language. Well, I suppose if you want to do a lot of things with your desktop, that's fine. But I'd rather do things from the command line, and keep my visual space relatively clear.