10.03.2009 09:27
exelens — 10 reasons why GNOME is better than KDE
A new battle is playing out in the Linux desktop arena. See why Jack Wallen believes that today’s GNOME has pulled ahead of today’s KDE in terms of design, stability, and usability.
It seems like only yesterday that I was reading thread after thread of “emacs vs. vi” flame wars. Those were the good old days. Now the “emacs/vi” wars are pretty much over (with no decisive winner ever declared) and with it, most infighting among Linux devotees. Well — almost. A renewed war is brewing that should promise to bring with it as much sharp tongue and wit as did emacs/vi. This new battle? GNOME vs. KDE.
I realize that many of you are shaking your heads thinking either that battle never got off the ground or it was won long ago. That was then, this is now. The “then” was when KDE completely trounced GNOME in the desktop war. The “now” is GNOME — and GNOME is slowly but surely pulling ahead of KDE.
How could this happen? Well, read on to find out exactly why today’s GNOME (>= 2.22) is better than today’s KDE (>=4.1).