Moving from KDE to Gnome on Debian Linux PowerPC
So I can’t wait any longer. Even though 1 package showed up as broken, I went ahead and installed Gnome 2.6 on my Debian sid installation. Oddly enough, the one broken package did not show up as broken afterward; go figure. Gnome is really pretty compared to KDE; much more intuitive and form-follows-function in my opinion. More Mac-like than Windows-like, which is a good thing with me. I now have to wean off of KPPP for GPRS and learn to write my own chat scripts, but hey, it has to happen sometime. I am just glad to be in position where it’s a matter of learning an alternative means for GPRS connectivity versus hoping and praying that I can even get it to work.
Man, I feel just the opposite. Gnome feels clunky and makes weird assumptions about what I’m trying to do. I can’t get used to it.
I find it instructive, though, that outside the KDE/Gnome world, I come from a Windows paradigm, while you come from a Mac preference. Are we doomed to disagree? :)
Comment by Tom K. — November 11, 2004 @ 2:38 pm
Perhaps our differing preferences are further proof of the beauty and viability of open source operating systems. In either of our original closed-source, proprietary operating systems, there is no ability to choose from a variety of desktops or interfaces. I don’t think homogeneity is a goal to be pursued when it comes to computing interfaces. Thanks for posting!
Comment by Barry Hawkins — November 13, 2004 @ 6:10 pm