GNOME or KDE?

Carl Parrish plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
12 Oct 2002 08:54:20 -0700


Try VIM it has syntax highlighting for just about every programming
language. Also Kylix is a pretty good RAD tool. Eclipse is a good IDE
from IBM (though personally I'd stick with VIM). 

Carl P. 


On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 20:26, John Olson wrote:
> > Nearly all my Linux use has been using bash on boxes used as servers
> > or for machine control.  I used X ages ago on solaris and rs6000
> > boxes.  Now I have a Celeron 433 box available with 512 RAM that I
> > want to set up as a Linux desktop to really and truly begin my walk
> > down the yellow brick road away from the M$ desktop.  My questions
> > are: 1) does this 433 celeron have enough horsepower for GNOME or KDE?
> > and 2) which of the two is better suited for a new Linux GUI user?   I
> > have RH 7.2.
> > 
> > Also, 3) are there any good open source development environments
> > available (replacement for visual studio or codewrite)?  (yes, vi is
> > an option, but I've become addicted to the color-coded keywords)
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
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