Desktop War: KDE vs. Gnome
One of the most common questions asked by newcomers to Linux is "Which is better, KDE or Gnome?" The answer commonly given is, "It depends. Try them both and see which one you like best." It's a reasonable answer, because it costs nothing but time to try them.
The same answer is given in articles with similar titles to this one. Again, a reasonable answer. I won't be giving you that answer. I'm going to tell you which one is better.
My first distro was Red Hat 7.2, and the default desktop manager was Gnome. I was happy enough with it, then I changed distros to Mandrake (now Mandriva). Mandrake's default desktop was KDE, and I thought I'd give it a try. After using it for a while I found I liked it more than Gnome. It was more configurable and customizable. I could select which applications I wanted to open for all different kinds of filetypes instead of the miserable choices of email and web browser that Gnome gave me. There were also way more options for customizing the desktop and windows.
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