I switch between the two desktops with some regularity. >From the user's standpoint the switch is almost just cosmetic. Like most things involved in computers it is the almost that gets you. There are some apps that run better under one than the other. Some of the KDE specific apps will not play well under Gnome, I just don't use them. KDE does not put an icon on your desktop if you auto mount plug in disks. When you switch back to gnome sometimes you will have the auto mound icons put on your desktop a second time. The menu structure is quite a bit different between them. In KDE there is more flexibility in customizing them using the drawer metaphor. You can have your own sub and sub-sub menus. You can do that in Gnome, but it is more difficult. >From the development standpoint Gnome and KDE use different systems. There seems to a trend toward making them more interchangeable, but it is not 100% yet I don't run Compiz and can't address it. Try it, it will not hurt anything to switch between them, except for the spurious auto mount icons. Harold -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Reply-To: Main PLUG discussion list To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu? Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:49:07 -0700 Here is a question, how much will carry over if i were to switch to KDE from Gnome? to anyone that has done this? somewhat related to this thread. for example i know the documents will still be there book marks in firefox, but will compiz and my displays reset themselves? or the RDP links i have saved? On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: >> And all because you didn't spend the 40 minutes to download a kubuntu >> .iso and make an install CD. >> >> I laugh WITH you! > > Indeed. My impatience was blinding me to the better solution. I used > what I had in hand at the time. LOL. > > Alan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss