Re: Gui - Gnome - Kde

Re: Gui - Gnome - Kde

[James Miller]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Gavin Laking wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:10:31 -0400
> "Paul Kraus" <pkraus@pelsupply.com> wrote:
> 
> > What is kde like. I always just install gnome with Xwindows. I even
> > select Xwindows classic what is it and why are there two. 
> 
> KDE is another window manager for Linux. What Linux users tend to do
> when they are inquisitive about things, is to try it out, to experiment,
> and nothing is stopping you from doing so. If you are reluctant to
> installing KDE on a test machine, why not do a Google search for one of
> the thousands of KDE related websites- you'll find out more on those
> than we could ever imagine to cover here.

Or you could download and burn the Knoppix ISO, which is a really neat 
(Debian based) distro that runs from CD - doesn't install anything but 
will automagically recognize and use any Linux swap partition on your 
machine. It has KDE (3.0) as the default (only?) desktop - plus a whole 
lot of other neat utilities you can try. Highly recommended! Does a great 
job of hardware PnP, too. Try it! You'll like it!

James

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Gui - Gnome - Kde

[Paul Kraus]

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What is kde like. I always just install gnome with Xwindows. I even
select Xwindows classic what is it and why are there two. 

Paul Kraus
Network Administrator
PEL Supply Company
216.267.5775 Voice
216-267-6176 Fax
www.pelsupply.com

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Re: Gui - Gnome - Kde

[Gavin Laking]

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On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:10:31 -0400
"Paul Kraus" <pkraus@pelsupply.com> wrote:

> What is kde like. I always just install gnome with Xwindows. I even
> select Xwindows classic what is it and why are there two. 

KDE is another window manager for Linux. What Linux users tend to do
when they are inquisitive about things, is to try it out, to experiment,
and nothing is stopping you from doing so. If you are reluctant to
installing KDE on a test machine, why not do a Google search for one of
the thousands of KDE related websites- you'll find out more on those
than we could ever imagine to cover here.

GL

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Re: Gui - Gnome - Kde

[Petre Bandac]

kde is "creme de la creme" (IMHO)

though I'm beginning to like enlightenment (which I use on my freebsd 
machine), kde is amazing with its utilities (I cannot live without kdict, 
kcalc is as easy to use as the calc from windows and kmail is the state of 
the art in mail-client business [again, IMHO])

and it's very customizable

gnome is ok with me - though I used it to few times to make an opinion; I 
began with kde and I stick to it


HTH,

petre




On Thursday 24 October 2002 08:10 Anno Domini, James Miller wrote using one of 
his keyboards:
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Gavin Laking wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:10:31 -0400
> >
> > "Paul Kraus" <pkraus@pelsupply.com> wrote:
> > > What is kde like. I always just install gnome with Xwindows. I even
> > > select Xwindows classic what is it and why are there two.
> >
> > KDE is another window manager for Linux. What Linux users tend to do
> > when they are inquisitive about things, is to try it out, to experiment,
> > and nothing is stopping you from doing so. If you are reluctant to
> > installing KDE on a test machine, why not do a Google search for one of
> > the thousands of KDE related websites- you'll find out more on those
> > than we could ever imagine to cover here.
>
> Or you could download and burn the Knoppix ISO, which is a really neat
> (Debian based) distro that runs from CD - doesn't install anything but
> will automagically recognize and use any Linux swap partition on your
> machine. It has KDE (3.0) as the default (only?) desktop - plus a whole
> lot of other neat utilities you can try. Highly recommended! Does a great
> job of hardware PnP, too. Try it! You'll like it!
>
> James
>
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Evolution!!! (was Re: Gui - Gnome - Kde)

[Bryan Simmons]

Decided to try my luck with evolution 1.1.2 this morning.
Downloaded the files from rpmfind.  It was a bitch to satisfy all the
deps.  But, well worth it.

evolution 1.0.8 is what I used to have.  And I thought that that one
rocked.  But this latest version is fantastic!!!  Many new features
added (mostly along the lines of configurability) and a lot of bugs
fixed.  All in all, I like it the best.  I tried Kmail but it seemed
limitted.  Kmail is to evolution what Outlook Express is to Outlook.

If you want the rpms, go to http://rpmfind.net and search for
evolution.  Then, try to install it with rpm but make sure you check for
dependancies.  When you get the list of deps you don't have (and, trust
me, there'll be a few) just print them and search rpmfind for them.  The
ones you'll want are the ones whose rpm filename have *.ximian.* in the
name.

Enjoy!!!


On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 10:19, cr wrote:
> KDE is a bit too 'Windows-like' for my tastes.   Which is why I run Gnome, 
> but with Kmail as my email client (haven't tried the latest Balsa, but last 
> time I went looking Kmail was way ahead of any other that I could find).   
> And Kppp.   And for a browser I use Opera, or sometimes Netscape, Mozilla, 
> Galeon or Konqueror, depending how I feel at the time.   
> 
> And they all work pretty well together, even the clipboard works most of the 
> time.   
> 
> I reckon that's a big credit to the application writers.
> 
> I do that when I log in as me.    When I log in as Root, I use KDE.   Why?   
> Because I can   ;)     If you happen to have loaded the necessary files at 
> install time, and if you have the Desktop switching tool installed, it's dead 
> easy to change between KDE and Gnome  (though you might want to set up 
> another 'user' and try it under his login, in case something screws up).
> 
> I'm running RH7.2,  if (as has been stated) RH8 doesn't have a wide choice of 
> window managers, then I'm in no hurry to upgrade.
> 
> cr
> 
> 
> > > > "Paul Kraus" <pkraus@pelsupply.com> wrote:
> > > > > What is kde like. I always just install gnome with Xwindows. I even
> > > > > select Xwindows classic what is it and why are there two.
> > > >
> 
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Re: Gui - Gnome - Kde

[cr]

KDE is a bit too 'Windows-like' for my tastes.   Which is why I run Gnome, 
but with Kmail as my email client (haven't tried the latest Balsa, but last 
time I went looking Kmail was way ahead of any other that I could find).   
And Kppp.   And for a browser I use Opera, or sometimes Netscape, Mozilla, 
Galeon or Konqueror, depending how I feel at the time.   

And they all work pretty well together, even the clipboard works most of the 
time.   

I reckon that's a big credit to the application writers.

I do that when I log in as me.    When I log in as Root, I use KDE.   Why?   
Because I can   ;)     If you happen to have loaded the necessary files at 
install time, and if you have the Desktop switching tool installed, it's dead 
easy to change between KDE and Gnome  (though you might want to set up 
another 'user' and try it under his login, in case something screws up).

I'm running RH7.2,  if (as has been stated) RH8 doesn't have a wide choice of 
window managers, then I'm in no hurry to upgrade.

cr


> > > "Paul Kraus" <pkraus@pelsupply.com> wrote:
> > > > What is kde like. I always just install gnome with Xwindows. I even
> > > > select Xwindows classic what is it and why are there two.
> > >

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