So I ran across another article about the differences between Gnome and KDE. This one was a bit different that usual, in that the evaluation was not solely on features and support; rather, the development direction of each. Is it better to focus on legacy system support or put more effort towards new cutting-edge technologies? Which leads to the most exposure for GNU/Linux? Is there a truly, “Best Desktop Manager?”

I suppose it’s a matter of which affects each individual the most. I personally use KDE, so I’m a bit biased, but this article does a great job of reviewing the development practices and estimating the future direction of the two drastically different Desktop Managers.

Enjoy the read.
Link: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3812616/GNOME-vs-KDE-Which-Has-the-Evolutionary-Advantage.htm

Shaun

So I’ve been using Linux for the past couple of years. By no means am I an expert on the varying flavors nor do I think that there is one that is better than others for all circumstances. I think this is a healthy forum for discussion and I’m always open to input from the community.

First of all, I’ll list the flavors I’ve used. With that in mind, you’ll notice that I haven’t used all of the distros. My experience is from my limited exposure to those I have used. Keep in mind, my goal was to provide the best development environment for my laptop with my level of experience.