Fedora 15 KDE v Gnome
 

Just butchering my netbook.

Playing about with some live OS's to see which one gets fired onto it.

Read a few articles about the differences.

Is it purely down to which one feels right for you or is there any advantages KDE over Gnome.

I have been quite happy with fedora in previous versions so will proberly stick with that as base.

Or if there are any other desktops folk can recommend

Mepis - MEPIS | A Linux operating system based on Debian Stable - has been around for quite a while and is excellent.:ok:

DistroWatch.com: MEPIS Linux

I've never liked Gnome much

Mac

:ok:

It's what feels right for you. If you ever get to the point where you think you need to make the change, you will have acquired the skill to do it.

I will give that a shot MAc thanks very much.

Used to be a sys admin on solaris years ago.

I can still can remember how to use vi so will give a few a whirl before deciding although i suppose I could just have both gnome and kde on the machine and decide on log in. but thats very wastefull keeping the two sets of libaries

I have honestly no preference. I'm more familiar with Gnome, but KDE 4 is pretty decent, although I swear it's a hair slower.

Having both doesn't take up that much room & it means you can use programs that require either set of libraries.

I did fire both on a memory stick and I see what you mean about kde seeming a ball hair slower.

Had a play with MAC's distro but which did seem OK but then went back to fedora as it worked out the box and I am used to its distro and where to get files etc.

Anyway had a a play with Libreoffice which seems pretty good compared to openoffice.

BUt still the whole thing took less time and less hassel than doing a windows installation which is all good.

No doudt I will start butchering it in the not so distant future to various things.

The IPOD manager is way better than Itunes and allows you to "suck" as well as "blow"