“With the new features that Gnome and KDE (K Desktop
Environment) are adding, each desktop environment is challenging
the other for a larger share of the market. If Linux-like operating
systems come with one desktop environment, the user has the option
to add to the other. Because of the ever-increasing sophistication
of the new features, some latest versions of the operating system
are including packages for both desktop environments, allowing
users to have the option of switching from one desktop environment
to another. In this article I will briefly talk about the new
features of both Gnome and KDE, and then look at some similarities
and important differences between the two desktop
environments…”