Gnome Converts

[jonathanhanna]

Since using Ubuntu, I've become quite a fan of the Gnome desktop. In fact, I now prefer it over KDE. Gnome has a really nice feel to it and I like the simplicity. I won't get into why l like it over KDE right now because this is not meant to be a desktop war thread (there's plenty out there already!).

When I first learned about Ubuntu, I was dissapointed that Gnome was the default desktop, since I was such a KDE fan. Then I saw Kubuntu! I thought, "problem solved!" so I tried that first. But after trying Ubuntu, I got hooked on Gnome and became a convert. Don't get me wrong, I still think KDE is great, I just prefer Gnome now.

My question is, has anyone else become a Gnome convert because of Ubuntu? I feel like that Gnome's popularity has diminished over the years and I'm just wondering if Ubuntu's popularity may bring more people to Gnome.

Doesn't matter really, just curious...

[Lovechild]

I'm one of the people who started on KDE 1.x, then I switched to GNOME 1.2 since KDE 2.0 was so slow it was unbelievable, with KDE 2.2 the speed returned as did I. I stayed untill 3.0 when I just happened to be going to a conference and I saw GNOME 2.2 demoed (I had tried GNOME 2.0 and was unimpressed)... I went home and as the first thing I deleted KDE and installed GNOME.. haven't looked back since, the design decisions simply made sense.

[GTKpower]

Watch a boatload of formerly loyal Mac users who feel utterly betrayed by the Intel deal switch to Ubuntu. :wink:

Some will stick it out with Apple, but from what I've been seeing on the Mac boards, there are quite a few who will drop Apple altogether.

New converts . . . . .

[pdk001]

im using Gnome so far since i have installed linux

[kvidell]

No option for "I used it for a few weeks then promptly switched to Openbox and haven't looked back" ?
*waits for Stormy Eyes*
- Kev

[benplaut]

i started out using KDE 3.3 in SuSE 9.2, and had no idea how slow it was.

It was still faster than XP Pro ;-)

I now use a combo of openbox WM, gnome-panel, and XFce session manager :grin:

[mike998]

I started with gnome and have tried KDE at every release since and with every distro and find it just too heavy and resource intensive.

[Sionide]

My slackware box runs KDE and I don't like it as much as I like my Gnome desktop on my Ubuntu laptop. Keep the Gnome lovin' hot! ;)

[j-rock]

Still hate both.

[Ironi]

Since I presently use KDE, I voted for that. However, I'm not short-sighted enough to say that I will always use it. It's currently the best option for me, but that's not likely to remain true indefinitely. Technology changes and evolves over time.

[wylfing]

Once long ago I used Debian Potato (!) then Woody, and all that time KDE was my desktop. I really liked it, even though 2.x was pretty ugly by comparison with what you see today. It was so wonderfully customizable. I left Debian and went to Mandrake 9, and stuck with that through Mandrake 10. All KDE all the time.

Then I switched to Fedora Core, without realizing Gnome was its default desktop. (Don't know how I didn't know.) I was surprised, then pleased by it's pre-OSX-Mac goodness. I started to prefer it to KDE. I lived with Fedora Core until 3 then tired of the world of RPM and wanted to go back to Debian, but I thought I'd first try out another distro in the Debian family, maybe Xandros or Ubuntu. I went with Ubuntu and have been with that for some time now.

I still appreciate KDE, but I'm kind of a zealot for Gnome now.