Match distro and desktop?

[Jim]

I was going to purchase Mandrake 8.1 when it hit the shelves but Kevin gave 
me a much better idea.  Have someone in PLUG burn you a copy of your favorite 
new Linux distribution and then send the retail price directly to the 
company.  This insures that more of the price goes directly to the company.  
Mandrake even allows you to specify where you would like to see them spend 
your contribution.


On Wednesday 24 October 2001 09:29, you wrote:
> 7.2 is in many stores and also available from Amazon.com with a $20 rebate
> making the personal edition $39.99 after rebate.  I noticed last night in
> the CompUSA store at Metro Center they had 7.2 personal with the rebate but
> were charging $79.99 instead of the $59.99 everyone else is charging. 
> Guess they want the rebate for them selves.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig White [mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:12 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Match distro and desktop?
>
> Alan Dayley wrote:
> > RedHat has 7.2 out.  I just burned the CDs.  In the release email I got,
> > they tout Gnome and Nautalus but there is no mention of KDE.  I know KDE
> > is in there but they are obviously pushing Gnome.
> >
> > SuSE is very KDE "centered."  I assume other distros may be "centered" on
> > some other window manager/desktop environment.
> >
> > Question: Is it better/more reliable/more supported to run the
> > distro-preferred desktop or does it not really matter?
> >
> > To ask it another way: Is it true that, for example, if I really like
> > KDE, I should use SuSE because SuSE will be "better" integrated with KDE
> > and, conversely, if I really like RedHat I should use Gnome since they
> > will support Gnome better?  That it is better to use the "matching"
> > distro and desktop pair?
>
> ------
> They have consistently shipped Gnome as default for several releases
> now. They are one of the primary funding sources of Gnome I believe.
>
> I prefer the KDE and thus install both (you want the Gnome libraries
> installed anyway so you can run Gnome programs) and then use the desktop
> switching tool to set the startup to KDE. Personally, I don't think the
> distro makes a bit of difference with one exception...as you saw,
> updating to KDE 2.2 / KOffice 1.1 on RH 7.1 was pretty much a PIA but I
> think that their energies were directed towards getting enigma out
> instead of back-porting (if that is the correct term) KDE 2.2/KOffice
> 1.1 to RH 7.1
>
> Is 7.2 in Fry's yet?  I may need a copy from you Alan.
>
> Craig
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