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Gnome 2.0 RC2 Asks For Abuse

Posted by timothy on from the or-forever-hold-your-peace dept.

A nameless reader submits: "The GNOME Desktop 2.0 release candidate 2 has been released! Gnome 2.0 should be coming out soon! The release notes have some good information."

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  1. Re:What about KDE? by JanneM · · Score: 1, Troll

    Actually, I've seen the opposite effect. From what I've seen, people coming from Windows tend to prefer Gnome over KDE precisely because it's not like the Windows desktop they've left behind. It seems to be a combination of factors. One seems to be a desire to 'make a clean break'; they left Windows for a reason, and do not wish to be reminded of it. Another is likely to be the danger of confusion in using a desktop that's almost - but not quite - like the one they already know. Using a very different desktop there is no longer that danger.

    Both Gnome and KDE are good, and Linux is far stronger for having two lively projects (and a lot of small or special-purpose projects as well) in this area.

    /Janne

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