[svlug] which environment?

[Dan Bethe]

On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Ira Abramov wrote:

> well, I didn't test much either KDE or GNOME, from what I can see they try
> to get a lot of widgets look and act like the latest microsoft stuff, with
> extra add-ons as imagination would guide them. so if the looks are

	Hold up.  KDE and GNOME are reasonably good GUI's.  They don't
look/act like M$ anything.  M$ badly attempts to look like them and their
predecessors.  *Badly*.
	But GNOME is the long-term perspective, whereas KDE is short-term.
GNOME is better in the long run, aesthetically, technologically,
architecturally, and GUI-lly.  :)  But it's not done yet.
	Also, GNOME is "FREE" (with a capital 'F') and KDE is "free" (with
a small 'f').
	GNOME is free speech; KDE is a free lunch.

	This is due largely to the UI library that sits between Xlib (X11
protocol) and the user interface.  KDE uses 'qt' and GNOME uses GTK+.  
See their respective licenses (free speech) and their respective
architectural programming differences (free lunch).


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