Which window manager?

[Anti-Trend]

Why does the kernel need to be user friendly? The user does not interface with the kernel in any direct manner, other than compiling or updating. I think you are confusing the kernel with the whole of the OS.

I agree. As far as kernels go, it doesn't really get any more user friendly than Linux. Also, UNIX is a very simple and elegant concept for an operating system architecture. Linux, MacOS X and FreeBSD are all based on a POSIX Unix architecture. There's nothing wrong with UNIX, it's just different than what you already know in the DOS world. I started out with DOS and later Windows, and I can say with a great amount of assurance that UNIX makes much more sense than the DOS/Windows architecture.

 

[RHochstenbach]

I think you are confusing the kernel with the whole of the OS.

Yeah, I got confused :doh: :doh:

 

[Addis]

While I love KDE and have a very minor role in developing Amarok, I'm using Ubuntu with GNOME on my laptop. I've got my taskbars with ~10% opacity so it sort of mimics what I like with KDE. The reason I'm sticking with GNOME is because whenever I've installed KDE, GTK apps no longer look nice. They seem to take on a horrible, grafty look and I don't know how to reverse it.

Whenever I have to work with files intensively or use FTP/SFTP/samba/media drives I use Konqueror. Simply open it, and all KDE apps look fine inside GNOME. It's not ideal, but I'd rather not break the installation.

 

[zeus]

Seems like a lot of things about *ubuntu are glitchy where there's no problem with other distros. :( Sometimes I think *ubuntu gives Linux a bad name. :(

Xubuntu couldnt even open terminal without crashing x on my intel 810 system. A glitch everyone suffers with the 810. Cant say im happy with it overall really. My shared files on my windows pc only work intermittently, I have to logout and login and logout until it works. Id use debian if I could get my wifi card to work in it. Luckily I only really use firefox and thunderbird... not that I can install the latest version of thunderbird which would allow me to read my hotmail.

 

[Anti-Trend]

...The reason I'm sticking with GNOME is because whenever I've installed KDE, GTK apps no longer look nice. They seem to take on a horrible, grafty look and I don't know how to reverse it...

You can adapt the GTK look and feel in KDE within the KDE Control Center. You can either choose to have GTK apps look & feel like your current KDE theme (that's what I prefer to do), or you can specify a certain GTK theme of your own choosing so that QT and GTK apps look distinctive from one another. See attached screenshot.

 

[kenji san]

You can adapt the GTK look and feel in KDE within the KDE Control Center. You can either choose to have GTK apps look & feel like your current KDE theme (that's what I prefer to do), or you can specify a certain GTK theme of your own choosing so that QT and GTK apps look distinctive from one another. See attached screenshot.

Is this an add-on? I've never seen that under KDE (in many different distros) before.

Thanks!

 

[Anti-Trend]

Is this an add-on? I've never seen that under KDE (in many different distros) before.

Thanks!

summary
theme engine using Qt for GTK+ 2.x
version
1:0.7-4
status
install ok installed
group
kde
size
392000
description
The GTK-Qt Theme Engine (also known as gtk-qt-engine) is a GTK 2 theme engine that calls Qt to do the actual drawing. This makes your GTK 2 applications look almost like real Qt applications and gives you a more unified desktop experience. . Please note that this package is targeted at KDE users and therefore provides a way to configure it from within KControl.
architecture
i386
depends
kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.5-1), libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.8), libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.7), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-12), libx11-6
conflicts
gtk2-engines-gtk-qt (<< 1:0.7-2)
provides
gtk2-engines-gtk-qt
replaces
gtk2-engines-gtk-qt (<< 1:0.7-2)
priority
optional
maintainer
Bastian Venthur <[email protected]>

On a Debian or Deb-like, just apt-get install gtk-qt-engine. Enjoy!

 

[kenji san]

Thanks! Works on freeBSD!

 

[Anti-Trend]

Thanks! Works on freeBSD!

No problem. :D

 

[megamaced]

The reason I'm sticking with GNOME is because whenever I've installed KDE, GTK apps no longer look nice. They seem to take on a horrible, grafty look and I don't know how to reverse it.

Have you seen the QT / GTK+ theme QTcurve? It styles QT and GTK+ applications so they look exactly the same. You can't tell which is the QT app and which is the GTK+ app!