Why are the corporates so antiKDE 7331

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:15:26 -0500, Madhusudan Singh

And I don't intend to participate in one.

That in itself could be debated I suppose, but since the 2 most successful 'corporate' distros, RedHat and Suse, are now Gnome-based, for our purposes here one could agree that's true.

So buttuming your statement is true, my guess is because KDE just keeps growing and getting more bloated, while Gnome seems to be trying to cut back and simplify a little. For corporate server use that only makes sense, especially since both KDE and Gnome are overkill for servers, which often don't even have X installed. As for workstation desktops, I suppose Gnome makes more sense for corproate use since most users likely will be using a limited number of pre-configured apps and given no, or maybe limited, control over desktop settings, etc. In such corporate settings then, simpler is better.

It's kinda like Win2k vs XP. XP has no advantages over Win2k, particularly as a corporate desktop. Just more bloat, hogs more resources, etc. XP just added a buch of crap on top of NT for home users to pump up M$ sales. Many dumb-butt corporate IT departments stupidly upgraded from Win2k to XP'cause - well, that's the M$ way, and they're Windows shops, time to upgrade. KDE is trying to be like XP - more stuff for home users to play with, more eye candy, etc, make XP users more comfortable. Gnome is trying to be more like Win2k - just the facts, ma'm. Git 'er done. Either point of view is ok - different strokes for different folks. But maybe not at work.

I don't like or use either KDE or Gnome myself, but I often setup computers for others and in my experience most times the KISS rule (Keep It Simple Stupid) works very well. If so, then Gnome is making progress.

For example - my wife. Terrific, intelligent woman, but a technophobe who hates using computers. I had her all setup with a nice KDE desktop. Fairly simple, minimum of clutter, nice background of her choice. She hated using it. So I applied the KISS rule and set her up with a much-simplified bare-bones Fluxbox desktop. She's happy as a lark now, clicks around doing her email and stuff with the greatest of ease. No friggin' desktop icons, etc. Just right-click anywhere on the screen to pop up her little custom menu with only what she needs in it and goes.

So, many times, simpler is better. Such an ultra-simplified desktop would work just fine for most business workstations. So ask yourself - KDE for business? Why?

Depends on who you ask. Widely accepted by whom? RedHat and Suse *are* 1-2 ya know. Gnome seems to be working for them.

Got me. I supposed that might figure into it.

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