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:XYZ Computing: Three Reasons to Use GNOME
XYZ Computing: Three Reasons to Use GNOME
Oct 17, 2006, 22 :30 UTC (33 Talkback[s]) (10765 reads)

(Other stories by Sal Cangeloso)

"Recently KDE turned ten years old, a milestone by any measure. Over the past ten years this desktop environment has undergone tremendous improvements and introduced a number of advances into desktop Linux. KDE is popular, highly customizable, and, no matter what your tastes are, you will probably agree that it can look good. If all this was not enough, KDE has developed a celebrity status by appearing on a few popular television shows. Despite all this, GNOME is still the best desktop environment for Linux.

"Anyone with any sense knows that the only way to communicate text-based information effectively on the internet is through a list. As such, here are three reasons why GNOME is the logical choice for the majority of home Linux users..."

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rolling on the floor laughing.*LOVE* is  ...   oh geesh   
patrick_darcy
Oct 17, 2006, 22:38:53
 
> > rolling on the floor laughing.    So ...   Re: oh geesh   
wsd
Oct 17, 2006, 23:15:18
 
what a waste of time......:P ...   wow....   
LD
Oct 17, 2006, 23:54:14
 
OK this is ridiculous.Gnome is a good De ...   Right...   
Tim Patterson
Oct 18, 2006, 00:30:07
 
This is really cheesy... Let me take the ...   What about reasons to use what you like?   
Eric Laffoon
Oct 18, 2006, 00:42:44
 
> > > > rolling on the floor laughing.>  ...   Re: Re: oh geesh   
patrick_darcy
Oct 18, 2006, 01:14:59
 
That is exactly my experience as well. I ...   Re: Right   
Jerry
Oct 18, 2006, 01:42:59
 
..k3b :) 'nuff said ...   One word...   
Gireesh
Oct 18, 2006, 02:05:34
 
>... I have publicly spoke out against p ...   Re: What about reasons to use what you like?   
Jaime Alvarez Gerding
Oct 18, 2006, 02:38:30
 
I used to be gnome fan when we had gnome ...   Simplicity of Gnome   
adolf
Oct 18, 2006, 03:11:06
 
> That is exactly my experience as well. ...   Re: Re: Right   
beri-beri
Oct 18, 2006, 03:41:56
 
It may be a somewhat trivial issue -- wh ...   KDE for me...   
Isolde
Oct 18, 2006, 04:12:45
 
> > > > > > rolling on the floor laughin ...   Re: Re: Re: oh geesh   
wsd
Oct 18, 2006, 05:19:07
 
People say that KDE is more "Windows" li ...   more Like Windows   
michael
Oct 18, 2006, 08:26:06
 
I know of very few people who have any * ...   KDE technically superior   
Hans Bezemer
Oct 18, 2006, 11:08:44
 
Everytime I see an article that compares ...   Why?   
Doug Loss
Oct 18, 2006, 13:02:16
 
Absolutely amazing. Here we have an arti ...   Amazing   
Michael Osborne
Oct 18, 2006, 13:34:40
 
Enough. KDE fans do seem a little touchy ...   Re: KDE technically superior   
mram
Oct 18, 2006, 14:25:50
 
My experience is similar to yours. I sta ...   Re: KDE for me...   
GregS
Oct 18, 2006, 14:32:56
 
 What drove me to KDE was when they bega ...   Re: Re: KDE for me...   
Toby Haynes
Oct 18, 2006, 15:41:53
 
I know of very few people who have any * ...   Re: KDE technically superior   
Ookaze BioACobol
Oct 18, 2006, 15:51:24
 
First of all the majority of you are obv ...   Agreed with Toby   
Adrian
Oct 18, 2006, 15:58:35
 
While on the topic of "average users" (m ...   Adding fonts   
dr
Oct 18, 2006, 16:00:03
 
>  What drove me to KDE was when they [g ...   Re: Re: Re: KDE for me...   
Ken Jennings
Oct 18, 2006, 16:35:04
 
XFCE.  Great desktop.  Minimal functiona ...   GNOME, KDE: They both suck.   
David F. Skoll
Oct 18, 2006, 17:25:42
 
> To non-technical users this amounts to ...   Re: Editing XML   
dr
Oct 18, 2006, 18:22:05
 
oh no, all these apps start with k, how  ...   oh my gosh, which one do i choose   
gnumber9
Oct 18, 2006, 18:40:35
 
> GNOME has never taken away your config ...   Re: Re: Re: KDE for me...   
GregS
Oct 18, 2006, 20:13:41
 
> > GNOME has never taken away your conf ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: KDE for me...   
linuxer
Oct 19, 2006, 02:40:49
 
> > rolling on the floor laughing.> *LOV ...   Re: oh geesh   
Sid Boyce
Oct 19, 2006, 03:17:34
 
I aggree. To me Gnome is more like Windo ...   Re: more Like Windows   
joe
Oct 19, 2006, 03:53:54
 
Michael Osborne commented: "Absolutely a ...   Article is not focussing on GNOME -- it is an anti   
Kurt Pfeifle
Oct 23, 2006, 12:31:00
 
this is guy is misinformedKDE is hard to ...   heheh   
jim
Jan 24, 2007, 22:40:20
 
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