On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:06:01 +0000, dragonbite wrote:
> I’m thinking about running openSUSE Gnome and am curious how many other
> people here are running Gnome as their primary desktop?
>
> I get the feeling that KDE has the larger percentage of users, but I
> want to get a feel for other Gnome users.
>
> I’ve tried KDE, and while I like KDE 4.x when I am looking at it, when
> it comes time to work with it I find it just doesn’t work for me.
>
> That, and I want to fool around some with Mono which, while it does work
> in KDE, it is more orientated towards Gnome.
KDE does have a larger percentage of users, but there are many like us
who prefer GNOME.
KDE all the way here. Never really liked the looks of GNOME and how it does stuff. When it comes to openSUSE, the majority use KDE but there’re quite a few who use GNOME
I used to switch between Gnome and KDE3, but after the not-ready-for-prime time KDE4 was pushed in oS 11.0, I went exclusively to Gnome and haven’t looked back. I’ve been looking at KDE 4.3, and while it’s improved a lot, I wouldn’t make it me primary desktop. There are a few K-apps that don’t have a match in Gnome, though, such as K3B.
Using KDE as I prefer all the default KDE applications above the Gnome counterparts.
Exceptions being Kopete/Pidgin, of which I like neither… although I haven’t really given them a chance for a long time, but I quite like KMess (and liked Emesene under Gnome).
Same thing with the mediaplayer, don’t like Kaffeine or Totem, much prefer SMPlayer.
Easier to get a coherent desktop under gnome though, Firefox and Chromium and java apps all using GTK (or looking like it) which is a point of envy I must admit
I use Gnome, and I like it - lots. For whatever reasons, and they vary, KDE has always turned out to be a deal-breaker,
I certainly hope that this Suse-KDE thing does not become exclusive, leaving Gnome behind. I like OpenSuse with Gnome. I hope I do not feel the need to cgange.