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mobrien_12:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060129

This cartoon got me thinking.  I prefer KDE as a desktop environment overall, but I like a lot of GNOME/GTK programs and prefer them to many (if not most) kde programs.  Gnome loads a little faster, I think.  

However, I can't freaking stand spatial Nautilus.  I finally found out how to make it behave rationally, but it pisses me off that you have to use gnomeconf to do it, and it's not well documented.  

What do you guys think?

Aloone_Jonez:
Editing the configuration file has got to be one of the most annoying things about Gnome, it's a bloody desktop, that means it's supposed to be user friendly and having to edit configuration files is not user friendly.

Pathos:
I don't use Nautilus or Konqueror I use aterm/Konsole.. :)

The kde settings editor is great, there is some much stuff to change that cd'ing and vi'ing is a pain.

Refalm:
Gnome is too user friendly. I want my desktop evironment to have a configure panel (or good conf files, don't matter) with lots of (useless) options and configurations.

Gnome is hardly adjustable. And I really don't like Nautilus. The interface just isn't fast enough. I'd even use that weird XFCE file browser, than use Nautilus. The only thing Nautilus is useful for, is browsing under root as a user, by typing
--- Code: ---su -
***
nautilus --no-desktop
--- End code ---
and don't forget --no-desktop, or you'll get Gnome stuff in your KDE.

Also, I do like K apps, but I use some GTK's like The GIMP, and... uhm... the GIMP.

inane:
Well I think that both projects are doing amazingly well. I think they are making great strides. Everyoneś a winner here :thumbup:

If I had to guess I say at this point KDE has everything to lose and Gnome nothing. Give me an hour and even I could program a couple configurators in GTK. For KDE to be at this popularity this early stage of the OSOS boom is probably not good. K has a LOT of kinks to work out and gnome has a firm base. K is expected to offer all these great visual miracles in 4.0 and I just don see it happening (not very soon anyway and not without great cost to the rest of development.) Gnome is expected to match k3.5 nearly in configurability and fully with looks with the release of 2.14, now that, I can believe. I

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