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thesimpsons

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From: Rockville, MD

Registered: 2009-03-30

Posts: 15

What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce?

What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce? Today I heard someone said gnome and kde have more software than xfce. Is that real?

Thank you.

Last edited by thesimpsons (2009-04-02 01:50:28)

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big_gie

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Registered: 2005-01-19

Posts: 637

Re: What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce?

Its really a matter of taste, really. KDE is know to be configurable like hell, GNOME very easy to use, and XFCE lightweitgh.

Keep in mind that whatever desktop environment (DE) you choose, you can use any application in any DE. For example, firefox, a "GTK" application, works without problem under KDE. Or Kile, a latex front-end for KDE, works perfect under Gnome.

Personnally I prefer KDE. But I mostly prefer KDE applications like the editors (Kate/Kwrite) and file manager (dolphin).

KDE is slower to start on my EeePC (really small machine) but because it is full featured, I can cut on number of packages installed, so in the end, with the same functionality, I have more room on my disk then using XFCE!

Just try them, and choose the one you like

japetto

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From: Chicago, IL US

Registered: 2006-07-02

Posts: 183

Re: What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce?

thesimpsons, I suggest that you read this Wikipedia entry: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison … vironments

There is a chart on that page that you should find useful as well.

SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 271

Re: What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce?

From an end user perspective XFCE is GNOME with a right-click menu. The differences between the two are almost nonexistent.

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Wilco

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Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 440

Re: What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce?

KDE is better that's all you need to know

But seriously, just install all three and see whichever you like most.

evr

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Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce?

i agree with trying them all out to see which one you like the most, i would also recommend looking at something like openbox if you want a really lightweight solution.