Gnome vs KDE

[Douglas Furlong]

On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 07:29 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote:
> Jorge Cecílio wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I use FC2 and would like to know what desktop shell should I use (Gnome,
> > KDE, other) and why.
> > (My system should connect to others FC2 and windows (XP home) (with samba)).
> > 
> > What about File Managers? Should depend usage on what desktop shell I use?
> > The ones I tried are Nautilus and Konqueror...
> > (Once again, these are mainly used for local but also remote (smb://) access
> > and program execution)
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > JC
> > 
> > 
> 
> With my brief encounter trying to access windows shares on a LAN. I 
> found konqueror better than nautilus with connecting to the windows LAN.
> 
> Nautilus asked for a password for every directory that I changed to. 
> Konqueror only asked for the password once and was able to dive into 
> subdirectories.
> 
> I prefer GNOME as a desktop. I think the choice is a matter of which 
> desktop you feel meets your needs. KDE works decent also.
> 
> Jim
In Gnome 2.6, there is a Nautilus Keyring type doohicky that allows you
to save username/password pairs for specific servers/directories, so
that it does not constantly hound you for the information.

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Douglas Furlong
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