TyrantWave
January 9th, 2010, 05:01 PM
Ok, I'll probably get flamed by at least one person for this, but I'm curious.
I use Gnome by default, and have done for a few years now.
But on occasion, with each new release of KDE, I've tried to give it a go, but I just can't physically use it for a few reasons.
The first one, as you'll probably guess from the topic title, is appearance. WHY does every KDE distro look like it's been put in shrink-wrap plastic, and has to have huge everything? It's hideous to look at, IMO. I know it can be customised, but that I'll come to in a bit.
Secondly, the feel. KDE defaults to a one-click method, and combined with its default mouse icons, makes the whole OS feel "floaty" - it's hard to explain this point, but it's like I'm not actually doing anything, and for some reason it makes the computer feel laggy (I know the computer isn't lagging, it's just a feeling I get from the default setup).
This is why I find it hard to customise the appearance of KDE - with the whole thing being in shrink-wrap, so to speak, it makes it a severe pain to navigate, and customising it just becomes a chore =/.
Now, I'm not bashing KDE or anything like that - it's got great customisation from what I've gathered (Although, I haven't personally seen it to be any more customisable than Gnome), and obviously it has to be doing something right if it's such a popular WM.
So I'm just asking: Does anyone have any advice for someone who's used to Gnome, but would like to at least try KDE (Sadly, with the way Gnome's going for the Shell, I'll probably end up being forced into KDE here).
Also, does anyone else experience the same thing I do with KDE, that it's "floaty" and shrink-wrapped? Something just feels weird when I'm using it.
As for my opinion on Gnome - sure it's also plain to begin with, but like KDE it's customisable. However, I've never felt the "floaty" experience at all with it.
Also: Any way to set up KDE's taskbars to behave like Gnome's application? I find it far more intuitive than KDE myself, and would like to be able to keep this should I end up having to use KDE.
Having the taskbars be smaller would be nice too, they are absolutely HUGE in a default install.
So yeah, I have nothing against KDE personally, but I'd like some advice or pointers for someone who may have to end up using it.
I use Gnome by default, and have done for a few years now.
But on occasion, with each new release of KDE, I've tried to give it a go, but I just can't physically use it for a few reasons.
The first one, as you'll probably guess from the topic title, is appearance. WHY does every KDE distro look like it's been put in shrink-wrap plastic, and has to have huge everything? It's hideous to look at, IMO. I know it can be customised, but that I'll come to in a bit.
Secondly, the feel. KDE defaults to a one-click method, and combined with its default mouse icons, makes the whole OS feel "floaty" - it's hard to explain this point, but it's like I'm not actually doing anything, and for some reason it makes the computer feel laggy (I know the computer isn't lagging, it's just a feeling I get from the default setup).
This is why I find it hard to customise the appearance of KDE - with the whole thing being in shrink-wrap, so to speak, it makes it a severe pain to navigate, and customising it just becomes a chore =/.
Now, I'm not bashing KDE or anything like that - it's got great customisation from what I've gathered (Although, I haven't personally seen it to be any more customisable than Gnome), and obviously it has to be doing something right if it's such a popular WM.
So I'm just asking: Does anyone have any advice for someone who's used to Gnome, but would like to at least try KDE (Sadly, with the way Gnome's going for the Shell, I'll probably end up being forced into KDE here).
Also, does anyone else experience the same thing I do with KDE, that it's "floaty" and shrink-wrapped? Something just feels weird when I'm using it.
As for my opinion on Gnome - sure it's also plain to begin with, but like KDE it's customisable. However, I've never felt the "floaty" experience at all with it.
Also: Any way to set up KDE's taskbars to behave like Gnome's application? I find it far more intuitive than KDE myself, and would like to be able to keep this should I end up having to use KDE.
Having the taskbars be smaller would be nice too, they are absolutely HUGE in a default install.
So yeah, I have nothing against KDE personally, but I'd like some advice or pointers for someone who may have to end up using it.