[gentoo-user] Have you seen my flamesuit? (Was: How many people use KDE?)

[Chris White]

On Friday 20 January 2006 18:10, Linux Java wrote:
> I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular.

That's the most blatant start of a flamewar I've seen...

Ok, let's sit here and ponder.  People like KDE, people like GNOME, hell, 
people like fluxbox and xfce.  Now to put this in perspective, basically 
there is no "right answer" to this question, and no matter how much someone 
suggests, there never will be.  I'm also curious as to how you plan to 
consider people's opinions on 'popular' valid.

The question of which is better (the question you SHOULD be asking) comes down 
to this:

1) Why do I need a WM/DE?
2) What do I do regularly that would make
    my life easier?
3) How much customization am I looking for?
4) How well do applications I commonly use
    integrate with it?
5) What do I think of the community behind it?

Now, these questions are only answerable by you, because.. they are 
SUBJECTIVE.  That's why flamewars come about, people try and answer 
subjective questions, then it goes nowhere.

So before this goes any further, guys, think independently about what you need 
from your DE/WM and make the world a better place.

Chris White