gnome vs kde

9.17: web.addn/dev.linux/developer view of gnome vs kde:

9.18: pos.addn/dev.linux/framework choice:

. one step at a time:

do dev.mac first;

stay close to c, obj'c, openstep .

. then on linux, openstep is near cocoa on mac .

Gnu Network Object Model Environments(gnome):

. one compelling thing about gnome is that it stays with c,

deciding that c++ is one goofy way to get

oop and component tech .

. some early versions of gnome

have been scorned for oversimplifying

(linus retorted that

rather than making serious admn's move to kde,

gnome should forget about catering to simpletons:

let those people move to kde! );

but being oversimplifying was the personal decisions of

app dev'ers and the distro' designers,

not a consequence of the gnome framework or libraries .

. gnome is promoted by sun:

GNOME fully supports the Java Runtime Environment,

This means that GNOME in no way interferes with your ability to

create Java technology-based software;

. the distributed and componentized aspects of gnome

are supported by a CORBA Object Request Broker (ORB);

...

Bonobo is obs:

. see d-bus

. bonobo was the component object model of the GNOME project

providing a COM-like model,

and using CORBA as a location-transparent transport.