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GNOME 2.12 Previewed
An anonymous reader writes "Davyd Madeley has completed his Prerelease Tour of GNOME 2.12. Scheduled for release on September 7th, 2005, GNOME 2.12 has picked up a new theme, some features popularised by Apple's System 7, some new multimedia tools and plenty of bug-fixes."
Why are there two major windows manager projects? Not like lots of other smaller projects like IceWM. It seems that so much time is put in KDE and Gnome, that if the two teams worked together, they might make something superior to what they made on their own. Does KDE and Gnome have the same goals, or are they very different?
And which is better? I know "better" can be a subjective term. What is the difference between them. They are both rather large compared to smaller WM that can run on older machines.
I personally have alwyas liked Gnome more. If you asked me to tell you why, I don't think I could, except to say I like the look and feel of it. KDE does not look as nice. But every now and then, when I use KDE, I will find a cool little tool or application that Gnome does not have, at least not from a clean instal.
This is my guess, correct me if I am wrong. KDE has more developers and money. Gnome has fewer people, but more creative people. KDE will give you everything and the kitchen sink. Gnome will find ways put a twist into things, to make it fun.
Of course, those thought above are just my feelings, not facts.
I wonder what people like about their WM that is not available in other flavors??
Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."
Too bad you're still using that awful GNU compiler. What, there isn't a BSD compiler you say? Oh wot a shame...
Holy shit! All this to install nicer FONTS!? Linux won't be ready for mass consumer use for at least another decade.
UNIX: A computer user is defined as a programmer. WINDOWS: A computer user is defined as a consumer.
Mod parent up. I've been struggling, wanting to use Linux as my primary box for over 6 years now, but the font issue haunts me every time I install a new distro. I have never seen a good solution to this problem, and until it's remedied, Linux is completly wothless to the consumer market.
Don't tell me about editing this or that config file or recompiling my files. It's not worth my time. If my time is worth $20/hour than I might as well by Windows or a Mac and save my self the frustration.
You're the one who doesn't "get it". GNOME is not a core component of Linux, it's a freaking desktop! I suspect that GNOME isn't even installed in most Linux systems.
But that's minor. The big thing you "don't get" is that Linux (or BSD, GNOME, Solaris, KDE, XFCE, etc, etc) is not about you! Open Source is about freedom, choice, and openness. When you come along ranting that Linux doesn't "get it" because it isn't catering to your vision, it's you who are out of step and don't "get it".
Shit, you didn't even offer any concrete examples in your rant. At the very minimum you could have given us a real example and explained why the Solaris/OSX way is better than the GNOME way. Configs that don't make sense? Explain! Pissing about GNOME isn't going to fix anything.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!