Re: [TCLUG:628] Linux in the StarTribune

[Christopher Reid Palmer <jaymz@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Bob Tanner wrote:

> My takes on this is that I do not preach/sell Linux as a desktop OS.

Not yet, of course. But it needs to and is getting there.

> Especially to business clients. Where linux fits well is in the Server
> environment, where stability, reliability and performance are more
> important that a GUI.

Well, whether or not Linux is the best free Unix to run as a server is
debatable.

> Several of my clients are running Linux as mail/web/print/file servers
> and their users do not even know it :-(

That's as it should be -- that kind of stuff should be out of the sight of
the users.

> Since I am kind of out of the loop here, how does KDE relate to GNOME
> if at all. I have not had time to hit eithers website and read in
> detail. A quick overview would be great.

Both GNOME and KDE are desktop environments for X, and provide support
libs and toolkits. They both have apps that were written for them, user-y
and nice.

(1) KDE is more developed than GNOME, and has its own window manager
(kwm). Both environments let you use whatever wm you prefer, however.

(2) KDE is Qt-based, GNOME is GTK-based. Qt is not free, :( GTK is.

(3) kwm is kinda Win95-y lookin'. :(

(4) KDE has a huge pile of nice apps, GNOME has a small pile.

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