[scribus] Scribus, GNOME, KDE

Steven Dayton daytonmeister at gmail.com
Thu Oct 15 20:32:40 CEST 2009


Thanks for the feedback. Seems to me I had heard that KDE manages fonts
really well. But I'm not sure where I read that or if I read correctly. I
want to give openSUSE a try and thought I would install it with KDE.

Thanks for the info.

StevenD

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:24, Jeffrey Silverman <
jeffrey.d.silverman at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are no advantages, per se, only differences. (analogy: which is
> the better car? Nissan Altima or Toyota Camry? (is that a US-only
> analogy? i.e. does Europe and Asia have those models?)
>
> Anyway, if you are used to using Windows, then KDE is a little more
> familiar-feeling. If you are used to using a Mac, then Gnome might be
> a little more familiar feeling. But really, that is misleading, as
> KDE, Gnome, Mac OS X, and Windows are all very different in some
> fundamental ways. (And very similar in som every fundamental ways)
>
> As far as Ubuntu goes, I think Ubuntu's Gnome is *much* better than
> Ubuntu's KDE. However, other distros do KDE much better.
>
> It is all very confusing to a new Linux user, all these choices, so I
> say take baby steps and stick with what you are using for now, until
> you feel comfortable enough to venture out. In Ubuntu, it is very easy
> to install KDE, and you can switch between Gnome and KDE very easily,
> so even venturing out is no big deal.
>
> good luck have fun seeya
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Steven Dayton <daytonmeister at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I hope this is ok to ask here but I have been using Scribus on a Ubuntu
> > machine for a couple of months now. I have been using the GNOME desktop
> or I
> > think that is what it is called. I was wondering about KDE and if there
> any
> > advantages one over the other? Or maybe it doesn't really matter.
> >
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