Torvalds calls GNOME "interface nazis"

[Zomgie]

After reading this article: http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/torvalds-wades-into-desktop-debate/2005/12/14/1134500890694.html

I got to wondering. Do you guys use KDE or Gnome ?

Because Im very, very much a unix noob, Im using the default Gnome that comes with Ubuntu 5.10.


Is KDE Better ?
What Distro that comes with KDE would be good for a noob like me ?

[Bork]

I definately prefer KDE. I switched when gnome went to the spatial browser.
KDE is the default window manager for Suse, a very good noob distro.

[Bifrost]

KDE.

I used to use Gnome back in the day (RedHat 6.2) until the day I found out how much cool shit KDE could do (SuSE 8.1).

The most recent versions of Gnome can do much the same stuff, but I'm used to KDE now.

[ewe2]

kubuntu is the most stable KDE platform I've ever used. I got so sick of the half-assed support from the Gnome-biased Debian maintainers, being forced to go to alternate apt repositories to get up to date KDE that it's what tipped me over the edge to a new distro. I have some issues with the general OS, but KDE has never faltered for me and that's after years of putting up with the buggy Debian versions.

I've programmed GTK/Gnome since the very early days. GTK is bad enough but at least its nominally stable. Gnome is a complete joke. It's half-assed OO that is a nightmare to keep consistent and the developers have acquired a tunnel-vision disturbingly like the last years of Xfree86. Making a user-focussed UI is hard enough without having inconsistent interfaces, design philosophies, and plain bad execution. It isn't worth my time as a user or developer.

I should add that I respect Havoc Pennington very much as I've had contact on mailing-lists with him over a long period, and his energy and concern for feedback is astonishing. And sadly unique :(

[Zomgie]

Thanks for the input guys, Iv switched to Kubuntu KDE. Was very happy to see how easy it was to sudo install it.

So far so good. Of course, thats a 1 hour appraisal.. =-)

[astro]

Give me Gentoo and terminal any day of the week. Oh, and maybe WindowMaker to tie it all together :)

[wolfpac181]

I go with the Ubuntu at work. has the default gnome.

though I took out GDM. run terminal unless I'm using firefox or evolution.