Can someone explain why everybody say that KDE is more "windows like"

[Raffo]

Can someone explain why everybody say that KDE is more "windows like"? I'm a KDE user and I can't understand why... I hope it's not because of the single panel

[fuscia]

it's the default location of the kmenu. they practically stole that from microsoft.

[FoolsGold]

it's the default location of the kmenu. they practically stole that from microsoft.

Not stole, "borrowed".

[M$LOL]

Umm... because it is?

[Raffo]

Umm... because it is?

I can post a screenshot of gnome configured with one panel and you'll say that it is the same thing. So it is just because of the default one panel configuration

[Phatfiddler]

While the _default_ KDE setup looks very similiar to the Windows desktop, it is very different in the fact that is extremely customizable. I use KDE and I have the bar at the top of my screen MacOS style menubar(Edit, View, Bookmark menus for programs on the taskbar). I also have a dock bar at the bottom of the screen. Instead of a task list, I have a single-click icon that shows all windows, minimized and/or open. None of these features would suggest Windows. Despite the obvious Mac-alikes, it doesn't look like MacOS X either in that I use an invisible task bar at the bottom for System Tray. It is a combination of what, I think, are the best features from all desktop environments.

I could say that Gnome looks more "Apple like" if I wanted to, since it has the default bar at the top and has the menus like a Mac OS would. I could also argue that the bottom bar serves as a copy of the Mac DockBar.

Either way, does it really matter? Linux is about choice, and if I want my desktop to look like Windows, then I should be able to - without getting flak from anyone.

[Raffo]

This is my desktop, I don't think it is like windows.


With this thread I just want to understand why everybody says that....

[graabein]

While the _default_ KDE setup looks very similiar to the Windows desktop, it is very different in the fact that is extremely customizable. I use KDE and I have the bar at the top of my screen MacOS style menubar(Edit, View, Bookmark menus for programs on the taskbar). I also have a dock bar at the bottom of the screen. Instead of a task list, I have a single-click icon that shows all windows, minimized and/or open. None of these features would suggest Windows. Despite the obvious Mac-alikes, it doesn't look like MacOS X either in that I use an invisible task bar at the bottom for System Tray. It is a combination of what, I think, are the best features from all desktop environments.

Give us a screenshot then! You got me curious.

[ComplexNumber]

Raffo
that screenshot doesn't count. one can make any desktop look however one wants it to look with a bit of customising.
i think the reason why so many people say that kde is very windows like is more to do with the operations of kde that seem to try to mimic windows as closely as possible. an example being the dialogue that is displayed when you insert some media, etc. they are both exactly the same(virtually word for word) in windows and kde.

[panickedthumb]

No screenshot counts. I can make a screenshot of windows that doesn't look like windows.