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Like most Linux/Unix users I've been a big KDE fan for years. However, recently I've been running in Gnome full time. Gnome 2.6 has made some improvements that were show stoppers for me previously.

1) The "Open File" dialog was really poor in prior Gnome releases. 2.6's "Open File" dialog is similar to KDE and Windows. Actually it seems a little simpler -- I like it better.

2) The GTK+ library was a little slow for my taste. Gnome 2.6 uses GTK+ 2.4 and seems a bit snappier. This may be due in part to the 2.6 kernel as well, but the net effect is a faster Gnome.

Less important to me, but useful for beginners is a "My Computer" on the desktop. Although "My Computer" doesn't serve a huge purpose, many novice users who are migrating from Windows are used to it being there. Gnome 2.6 has a "Computer" icon on the desktop that serves this purpose.

KDE is great. I'll keep running both for a while, but I think that Miguel de Icaza has his head on straight as far as the design and future of Gnome. Mono (.NET for Linux/Unix), Java, Perl, Python, C/C++, and nearly all other popular programming languages can easily tie into Gnome. You can create commercial software for Gnome more easily that with KDE (KDE has issues with the Qt lib it's based on). All and all I see Gnome pulling ahead of KDE in features and commercial/OSS supporters in the near future. Gnome 2.6 is clean and easy -- what more could you want?

At the end of the day, both Gnome and KDE are superb in there current state. You can't loose.

-Bryan
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Dunno if I'd call it hobbyist Linux  acaluya | 05/18/04
That is not the only one.  doe_z | 05/18/04
IBM didn't really cross pollenate UNIX/Linux  nucrash | 05/18/04
I think  toadlife | 05/18/04
WTF?  Suicida| | 05/19/04
RH usually refers to it as a...  FederalistPaperBoy | 05/19/04
it is something you would NEVER use in production  V Sanders | 05/19/04
Hmmm, maybe it's time to upgrade the test server.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/18/04
It's not like you have to choose  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/18/04
Which desktop...  prime21 | 05/18/04
Depends on what you need.  doe_z | 05/18/04
Fluxbox  Mr_Shifty | 05/19/04
Depends on the use  nucrash | 05/18/04
KDE  toadlife | 05/18/04
slight correction  toadlife | 05/18/04
Server GUI  guido_z | 05/19/04
It doesn't, but...  Michael Kelly | 05/19/04
No GUI needed  toadlife | 05/19/04
True, but it is a bit more than just a server.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/04
difference in perspective (re: GUI)  B.O.F.H. | 05/19/04
Thanks BOFH, I should have said it does more than just being a server.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/04
regarding your question about a Linux GUI...  B.O.F.H. | 05/19/04
Dang, No_Ax!  FederalistPaperBoy | 05/19/04
HAve you ever seen "Quigly Down Under"?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/04
GUI on a server??  Iain_Peters | 05/19/04
Yes, it is also a test bed for us.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/04
shouldn't a test server be the same as production  V Sanders | 05/19/04
Install them all...  John Le'Brecage | 05/19/04
$350 per year??????  Fred Flintsone | 05/18/04
It is free, troll..  Jeff Spicoli | 05/18/04
Re: $350 per year??????  rlodge@... | 05/18/04
LOL  Suicida| | 05/19/04
I do actually...  Grimm Reaper | 05/19/04
I just download for free  voska | 05/19/04
try to update without a subscription  V Sanders | 05/19/04
can you imagine if ms required users  V Sanders | 05/19/04
Correction:  John Le'Brecage | 05/19/04
Headline in 5 years: "Microsoft loses monopoly to a hobby"  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/19/04
new hobby os  V Sanders | 05/19/04

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