LinuxWorld: A Brief Comparison of KDE 3.1 & GNOME 2.2

“Believe it or not, it is not my intention to rekindle the KDE
vs. GNOME desktop wars. I suspect the only way to avoid it,
however, is to pretend that I like both equally. I don’t. However,
I don’t want to leave you with the impression that these are the
only choices, either. There are plenty of lightweight and
middleweight window managers that you may prefer. Nevertheless, as
far as the heavyweights go, KDE and GNOME are the ones to
watch.

“In this corner, we have the heavyweight champion of the Linux
world, KDE 3.1, released on or about January 28, 2003. In the other
corner, we have the challenger, GNOME 2.2, released on or about
February 6, 2003. While I have not had time to explore KDE or GNOME
in depth, my first impressions start with installation…”

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