[CLUE-Talk] What's Gnome got?

[Timothy C. Klein]

I doubt that Gnome is more popular.  Redhat chose Gnome as the default
because until about a year ago KDE relied heavily on a toolkit (QT)
that was not completely free (QT is developed by a company, Trolltech).
QT is now released under the QPL *and* the GPL, so it is Free Software.
Thus, Redhat believes in Free Software, and chose Gnome.  KDE *is* an
older project, thus in some ways more mature.  I would also guess that
it is more popular, actually, especially in Europe.

I am happy to have a choice, but if you are new to Linux, I would
suggest giving KDE a try.  It can be very helpful to the new user (lots
GUI tools to do stuff).  However, I don't know how well KDE is
integrated into the Redhat desktop.  If you want to see a really slick,
user friendly KDE desktop, take a peak at Mandrake, a Redhat derivative.

HTH,

Tim

* David Willson (DLWillson at thegeek.nu) wrote:
> Curiousity here, mostly... I've been using Linux (Red Hat 7.2) as my
> primary working and playing OS for a few weeks now. MAJOR switch for
> me... Every now and then I 'switchdesk' over and take a peek at KDE,
> even though Uncle Red Hat has chosen Gnome as the default, and I trust
> my Uncle, and everywhere I look, I read that Gnome is more popular than
> KDE... From the few peeks I have taken, KDE looks more finished than
> Gnome, more ... complete. What don't I understand here? Why is Gnome
> 'better' than KDE? What drove Red Hat to choose Gnome as the default
> and what caused Gnome to win the Readers' Choice Award for best
> WindowManager?
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