Genome or KDE?

[cjolley]

And where the heck did the create boot disk option go in the Fedora Core2 install?
Chuck

[Ribbit]

Um... that's GNOME....

I just have my window manager and a couple of utilities run from my .xinitrc and run everything else from a couple of xterms. But then I'm a nerd

[Topha]

Voted for KDE, but only because its default for suse 9.1 and I dont have any experience with the others.

KDE is nice though

[DGhost]

nonoon, i'll take a genome any day. its kinda important and all.


personally, i am a gnome person over KDE. that being said, i am also likely to just go with a plain blackbox/WindowMaker setup.

[cjolley]

Hey, how about some help from an admin on the spelling thing.
Gnome not Genome.
Thanks,
Chuck

PS What is this? Piss on Linux day?

[Wombat]

If you haven't used either, I'd try starting with KDE, just because right now it's a good bit faster.

I run Gnome, but I started when Gnome was clearly a better choice. Nowadays, I kinda just leave it to personal preference.

Also, I would install both. They each have their star applications, and applications can still run under each other's desktop environment.

[cjolley]

I've only ever used KDE.
But Gnome is the default in Fedora (Red Hat)

Install both is a good idea.

I want to use the Windows XP boot loader, but it's easier to set up (and safer) if you have a Linux boot disk on hand.
I tried using mkbootdisk but the disk it made wouldn't boot.
chuck

[Greebe]

I have a Gnome sleeping in my yard, does that count?

[cjolley]

Originally posted by Greebe
I have a Gnome sleeping in my yard, does that count?

As long as it's not sleeping on your desktop it's a vote agin'.

chuck

PS Thanks O' never sleeping, but all powerfull admin....

[Marshmallowman]

makebootdisk at the console

or if you have a good tight compiled kernel, use "make bzDisk" (in your /usr/src/linux directory

I always use the "make bzDisk" thingy

[leech]

I'd have to say I like Gnome better, in my personal experience with it on my Parhelia across three screens, it just feels a bit more responsive. Though a lot of that is dependant upon the application too. And I like the themes better, though Plastik for KDE looks quite nice, the Keramik was just too ugly to bare (well, the default colors of yellow I didn't care for, but the way Knoppix has it set up looks pretty nice).

Gnome is almost better for a newer user to computers, but I think KDE is a bit better for regular windows users.

What I mean by that statement is that Gnome has a very simplified and clean interface that is easy to get a hang of for new computer users. KDE is a bit more cluttered, but in that respect also looks/acts a lot more like windows does.

One thing I still think is much more refined in KDE though, is the filemanager. Konqueror rules for that. I'm still getting used to the spatial Nautilus in Gnome 2.6 though (I do like it... just need to get used to it.)

Leech

[Byock]

I must say I like them both. Install both, play with them, as said before, anymore it is really personal preference.

[DentyCracker]

Never could stand gnome

[RC Agent]

Re: Genome or KDE?

Originally posted by cjolley
And where the heck did the create boot disk option go in the Fedora Core2 install?
Chuck

Welll in FC 1, during the installation, it would prompt me if I wanted to create a boot floppy. I said yes and the damn thing says sorry, but the image is too big for a floppy! Why does it ask then?!?!!! LOL See, FC 2, you don't even get asked to create a boot floppy during the install now.

[cjolley]

Re: Re: Genome or KDE?

Originally posted by RC Agent
Welll in FC 1, during the installation, it would prompt me if I wanted to create a boot floppy. I said yes and the damn thing says sorry, but the image is too big for a floppy! Why does it ask then?!?!!! LOL See, FC 2, you don't even get asked to create a boot floppy during the install now.

I am going to use the ntldr to multiboot with.
So the first time I installed FC2 I just told it to forgo installing a boot loader.
It warned me that I needed to be sure to make a boot disk, and I said yes, I know.
Well, I went all the way through the install and was never given the option of creating a boot disk.
WTF!!!!
Instant orphaned install

If Microsoft had done something that stupid they never would have heard the end of it. (not that they haven't )

chuck