Hi Greg,
A couple of features I have noticed:-
* Detachable Menus in KDE
* Much more customisable taskbar, you are not just limited to icons,
but whole controls (I think the official name is applets). Also
the basic features are much more detailed, such as the way you can
have the clock as analog or digital (with a flashing divider as well).
The key point about the Linux desktops though, is the fact that you have
the choice of using what you want (KDE, GNOME, WindowMaker, IceWM, etc)
you are not just limited to what M$ want you to have. If you are any
good at programming you could even write you own to fit you needs.
However I will put one downer on KDE though. The multiple desktop
feature is not unique to it, I have a NVidia GeForce graphics card
running on one of my Windows boxes that gives you this same option when
the driver is installed. I chose not to install it though (Windows is
buggy enough as it is) so I cannot say how reliable it is.
Hope this helps and good luck with the Uni course. I hope that the one
I am starting next year takes account of Linux rather than just Windows
systems.
Regards
Lee
Greg Baatard wrote:
>I'm doing a uni report comparing RedHat Linux to Windows XP Pro (which
>will of course point out that RHL craps all over WinXP in many
>departments;)... Problem is, I havn't had time to really use RHL much
>(or XP for that matter)...
>
>>From what ive seen, KDE and GNOME are fairly similar in appearance, I
>prefer KDE but still havn't had time to see all the sweet features...
>I'm focusing on the 'Desktop Environments' part of the report now and
>the main feature that sets it apart (above) from WinXP is the 4
>desktops. Apart from that, all I've had time to find is the nifty
>feature of being able to make any window 'always on top' by right
>clicking on the title bar...
>
>Are there any other RHL features in KDE or GNOME that really set it
>apart?
>
>Anything you can think of would be most helpful.
>
>Thanks a lot
>Greg
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