Either one would work fine for you. Mandrake is a little bit slicker IMO than RedHat. It seems to come with the most bells and whistles. It does seem that I have had more X-windows problems with Mandrake. I have also installed it more times so it could be a fluke. Also RedHat defaults to a Gnome desktop instead of KDE that Mandrake defaults to.
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nike_guy_man posted this at 19:58 — 23rd September 2001.
Quote: Originally posted by nike_guy_man Whats the difference between gnome and KDE?
They are just different. I like certain features of Gnome but to me overall it is a more radical shift from the Windows desktop. I tend to like KDE, though I have seen a couple of programs that wouldn't work in KDE.
I can't remember what programs that wouldn't work. On second thought, I think that they did work okay in KDE, but the installer only worked in Gnome.
Haven't ever played with Winux nor heard much about it.
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mairving posted this at 19:02 — 23rd September 2001.
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Either one would work fine for you. Mandrake is a little bit slicker IMO than RedHat. It seems to come with the most bells and whistles. It does seem that I have had more X-windows problems with Mandrake. I have also installed it more times so it could be a fluke. Also RedHat defaults to a Gnome desktop instead of KDE that Mandrake defaults to.
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nike_guy_man posted this at 19:58 — 23rd September 2001.
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Whats the difference between gnome and KDE?
mairving posted this at 20:02 — 23rd September 2001.
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They are just different. I like certain features of Gnome but to me overall it is a more radical shift from the Windows desktop. I tend to like KDE, though I have seen a couple of programs that wouldn't work in KDE.
Here is some reading on the diffs.
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nike_guy_man posted this at 20:09 — 23rd September 2001.
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What doesn't work in KDE?
Also, instead of VMware, I might run Pogo's Winux.
Any experience or reviews of that?
mairving posted this at 20:49 — 23rd September 2001.
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I can't remember what programs that wouldn't work. On second thought, I think that they did work okay in KDE, but the installer only worked in Gnome.
Haven't ever played with Winux nor heard much about it.
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