Difference between KDE and Gnome Desktop systems

by Vivek Gite on November 21, 2006 · 18 comments

Often new Linux desktop user get confused about KDE and Gnome Desktop system. This guide tries to provide the basic differences between KDE and Gnome.

From the article:
This is not, by any means a comprehensive look at the differences between KDE and Gnome, but it should give new users a small taste of their different strengths and weaknesses and their philosophical approaches to usability.

The focus is particularly on Ubuntu and Kubuntu, but aspects of this comparison can apply to other Linux distributions as well.

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=> Read KDE and Gnome Comparison - KDE and Gnome Comparison [psychocats.net]

In case if you don't know - You can have both installed together and switch back and forth whenever you feel like it :D

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{ 18 comments… read them below or add one }

1 neo April 25, 2007

hellow sir i’m new to redhad linux. i don’t about linux o.s. but, i want learn more in linux
(ex:- server service, how to change the kernal for linux, how to manage the hard disk)
so, kindly guide to me get efficient.

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2 Mahmood September 7, 2008

thanks it helped me :)

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3 sayan March 24, 2009

i’m a newee in linux.
Please tell me about the partitioning and user interface in fedora(dual booting with xp).
how can i install mp3 player in fedora without internet.

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4 amit kumar keshri May 21, 2009

i am still confused about the difference between kde and gnome

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5 raj July 23, 2009

i am still confused about the difference between kde and gnome

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6 ramya August 2, 2009

I am a new user to to linux. How to install anti virus in ubuntu .Is antivirus is necessary ? if yes which antivirus u fell better

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7 sathish September 23, 2010

Hai……It is not necessary. The viruses wont do anything in linux.But the viruses will come in the system. If you want to install an antivirus means there are lot of antivirus available there you can install kaspersky but i think its 300rupees. Better you can try the avast antivirus which is available for free….search in google to download that.
Note:if you are using ubuntu means the package should be in .deb format which is executed in ubuntu.

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8 Aarti Singh Chauhan August 8, 2009

diffence is only the look of icons

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9 shaq October 27, 2010

its the ease of use as well :)

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10 Aarti Singh Chauhan August 8, 2009

only difference i got is the look of icons in both os

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11 danish February 1, 2010

hello sir i’m new to redhad linux. i don’t about linux o.s. but, i want learn more in linux

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12 bosi March 1, 2010

hello con you explain in brief the differences between KDE ad GNOME

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13 Hassan March 15, 2010

what is the differance between KDE and GNOME in linux

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14 worlase April 7, 2010

What is the differebce between KDE and GNOME

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15 JAHID HUSSAIN August 15, 2010

what are the main differences between GNOME and KDE?

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16 anila September 12, 2010

iam also confused about diffrence between kde and gnome

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17 Bekim May 31, 2011

Thank you very much sir, it helped me a lot.

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18 mm October 11, 2011

KDE is more with graphics and gnome has less graphics…That is the main difference.

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