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[Stephen Clement <s.clement AT sympatico.ca>]

Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> On Fri, 13 May 2005 01:21:48 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > On Fri, 13 May 2005, Ron Clarke wrote:
> >    
>
>  
>
> > >   I have IceWM, KDE, Gnome and Enlightenment all available on different user 
> > > accounts in BL2.
> > > It took a lot of downloading, but it finally all worked.
> > >      
> > Is there any advantage you know of to using KDE?
> >    
>
>   Not KDE as such, just that there are some programs and utilities that come 
> with it and need the support libraries and functions. Gnumeric comes tomind 
> as an example.  I find KDE rather over-engineered as a desktop, but it may 
> appeal if you are coming from Win9x.
>  
Myself, I'd say that GNOME is much better for Windows switchers (or 
anyone for that matter). KDE is absolute bloatware.

>  
>
> > I know that some programs need gtk files to display, so GNOME might 
> > simplify using them. 
> >    
>
>   Yes, both KDE and Gnome are pre-configured to use or, make available, the 
> stuff that comes with them.
> They are more complicated than IceWM to add your own stuff to.
>
> What is Enlightenment?
>
>   Much the same, but with more graphic effects and eye candy.
>  
KDE and GNOME are much more bloated than Enlightenment is. In order from 
bloated to least bloated:

KDE
GNOME
Enlightenment and a few other middleweights like XFce
Fluxbox/Blackbox, icewm, etc.
twm

> Regards,
>         Ron
>
>  
Stephen Clement