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Gnome & KDE: Desktops

Gnome and KDE are two popular desktop environments for Linux. Gnome was started in 1997 and is supported by Red Hat, with its default colors being purple and dark grey. KDE was founded in 1996 and defaults to blue and grey but can be customized. Some key differences are that Gnome has separate menus for applications, places, and system preferences, while KDE has one main KMenu. Gnome focuses on file names when renaming while KDE does so in a pop-up window. System preferences are also accessed differently, with Gnome having individual preferences and KDE using a System Settings panel. Exiting is done via its own applet in Gnome but through multiple menus in KDE.

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Gnome & KDE: Desktops

Gnome and KDE are two popular desktop environments for Linux. Gnome was started in 1997 and is supported by Red Hat, with its default colors being purple and dark grey. KDE was founded in 1996 and defaults to blue and grey but can be customized. Some key differences are that Gnome has separate menus for applications, places, and system preferences, while KDE has one main KMenu. Gnome focuses on file names when renaming while KDE does so in a pop-up window. System preferences are also accessed differently, with Gnome having individual preferences and KDE using a System Settings panel. Exiting is done via its own applet in Gnome but through multiple menus in KDE.

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Gnome & KDE

Desktops

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The GNU Network Object Model Environment also

known as (Gnome), is a powerful and easy to use

environment consisting primarily of a panel, a

desktop, and a set of GUI tools with which program

interfaces can be instructed.


Invention
It was started in 1997 by Miguel de lcaza of the

Mexian Autonomous National University.

License
It is free under the GNU Public License (GPL) and

has no restrictions.
Gnome is strongly supported by Red Hat.
When you install Red Hat, the default interface is
Gnome.

The default look for Gnome are the colors


purple and dark grey, however any color may be
favored.
Default Look
Favor other colors
K Desktop Environment
The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a network

transparent desktop that includes the standard

desktop features, such as a Windows Manager and a

File Manager as well as an extensive set of

applications that cover most Linux tasks.


Invention
KDE was founded in 1996 by Matthias Ettrich, a

student of Eberhard Karls of the University of Tubingen.

License
It is an entirely free and open software provide under a

GNU public license and is available free of charge along

with its source code.


Like Gnome, it fully supported by Red Hat and is

included as a fully functional alternate desktop with Red

Hat Linux distributions.

KDE by default (this can be changed) favors blue and

grey. KDE can be made to be orange.


Default Look
Difference b/w Gnorm and KDE
Gnome KDE
It has two toolbars (one at KDE has one toolbar at the

the top, one at the bottom), bottom of the screen, and has

and splits its menu into three one main menu.

submenus—Applications,
Places, and System.

The Gnome menus can be New KDE menus can be


combined. added.
Menu Navigation
Gnome KDE
In Gnome you have separate In KDE, there is a KMenu

buttons for applications, for through which you access all

folder navigation, and for system programs. There is a quick-

preferences. navigation button that looks like a


folder. If you want to go to your
To go to your Home Folder or
Documents folder, you would go
Documents folder, you click on
to the quick navigation button
Places and then select the
and then select Documents. Then
location you want to go to.
you would click Open to open it.
Gnome KMenu
Renaming
Gnome
Files
In Gnome,
renaming a file
also focuses on
the main file
name, not with a
pop-up window.
Renaming KDE
Files
KDE, the rename
would focus on the
entire filename,
including the
extension. The
renaming happens in a
pop-up window, which
you can confirm or
cancel when you're
done.
File Browser Preferences Gnome
In
Gnome, you
see six main
options and
then a bunch of
other minor
options in each
submenu.
KDE
In the file
browser
preferences, you
see five main
options and then
a lot of minor
options in each
submenu.
System Preferences
Gnome
In Gnome, by

default, you access each

preference one at a time

by going to System >

Preferences > and then

selecting the item you

want.
System Preferences
KDE
KDE has a
System Settings
central location for
configuring system
preferences. This
can be accessed
through the
KMenu.
Panel Options Gnome

In Gnome, the

options are

straightforward

for modifying the

panel.
Panel Option KDE

In KDE, it used to
be so simple to
change as the panel
was on the top
instead of the
bottom. It is now
mysteriously called
screen edge.
Exiting Gnome

In Gnome, the exit


option moved from in
the System menu to
its own applet. You
click it and the options
come down.
KDE
Exiting
In KDE, if you

want to exit, you click

on the KMenu and

select Leave and

then the next option

and then the

shutdown button.
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