Gnome Vs KDE

There is more to just the windows when contrasting between Gnome and KDE.

KDE's strong point is probably the sleeker, leaner, space maximising controls; and K3B which is an excellent cd-DVD authoring tool. But for some reason the file manager is a bit obdurate when it comes to remembering the user's viewing preferences. Though the save view profile option can be exercised, I always had to load the preference everytime I launched the manager. Probably, since it is the same application being used to browse the net, it is not as finely attuned to offline file managing as could have been.

Gnome comes across as a plodgy interface in contrast. Everything seems padded a bit too much. The Nautilus CD burner is severly handicapped - it can't manage multisession burning, atleast as much as I could search for such a functionality. The toolbars are too thick, the title text is too huge. Overall, it feels as if the monitor is not running at it's higher resolution. But, I have managed to install Opera in Mandriva 2007 running Gnome, so I am inclined to think that the installation routine in Gnome is better. The Nautilus file manager is a bit better at remembering user viewing preferences.