[LUNI] Re: KDE vs. GNOME

[Noesis]

> hmmm! thanks all. i guess i'll have to do what i was trying to avoid, try kde
> and gnome, and find my preference. although i must say iceWM and fluxbox seem
> to have caught my fancy too. oh well! just have to try them all.
> 

That is the way to do it anyway.  The Linux community is full of choices, there
is something for just about everyone.  I personally like Blackbox, which does
not seem to have been mentioned here yet.  Fluxbox is based on Blackbox - Fluxbox
has more features.  Blackbox and WM are among the simpliest out there. Fluxbox
is right behind those two. 

I have been using Blackbox for a long time.  The reason I started using it
was I used to do all my work on a slow computer and Blackbox had a low
memory footprint and still ran fast on that old box. When I upgraded, it just
stuck with me and I enjoy it so much why change?  So now, even on my dual
AMD MP box with a gig of RAM, I use Blackbox - It's blazing fast.

My point is - some people like simplisity - some like lots of eye candy -
some like a very "professional" look.  So here is my run down.

Simple:  Blackbox 
	It's light, fast, while still giving you enough eye candy and
customizability - if that is a word.  It does NOT contain features
such as tabbing.. it is very simple.  However, plugins can be added
if more functionality is needed.

Professional: Gnome
	KDE looks great, but I'm a sucker for Gnome.  I think it
just runs better and it is a little faster then KDE.  If people
ask me KDE or Gnome? I tell them Gnome.

Eye-Candy: Enlightenment
	Enlightenment is the absolute best for eye-candy, in my
opinion.  It is not all that light, but for most the computers
out there today it will be just fine.  


I hope that helps.

Regards,
  -Noesis