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GNOME
GNOME

Matthew Newton of PCWorld writes: So, KDE or Gnome? Not a stupid question--but in my mind, kind of a silly one. Car/computer analogies always hold up well, so let's try one here: If you, dear reader, wrote in asking whether I think you should drive a Mini Cooper or a Hummer, how should I respond? My best bet is to offer no opinion. I know nothing of your preferences or your needs. Either vehicle will get you where you want to go. The difference will be in the experience of getting there. It's the same deal with KDE and Gnome.

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what difference???

these environments have very few fundamental differences. only the extreme magnification of the endless kde vs gnome tirades that pop up practically everywhere make the extremely minor and often trivial differences significant.

and no, one being written in C, one being written in C++, or licensing issues, are not differences to the user.