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Re: which environment?



Itamar S.-T. wrote:

> First of all you can only use Qt (and thus KDE) in C++.  If you would like to
> use C,  Perl, Scheme, etc.  you can only use Gnome.  Although you can also
> use C++ for Gnome.
Not true.
There are TCL/Tk and Python binding to KDE, and C and Perl bindings for Qt.
A Perl binding for KDE is also being developed.

> As far as speed goes, the kwm is quite slow, but you can run KDE apps in a
> regular wm too, and this doesn't mean KDE apps are slower.
There are also other KDE-aware WMs which are much faster and still give you
session management, etc...

> 
> I'd choose Gnome - prettier (themes coming soon!), less memory, faster
> (subjective feeling), and most of all GNU.
1. Themes are coming to KDE soon too.
2. Qt will be open-source soon (see my other posting about the QPL).

> 
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