Gnome
GNOME is an open source desktop environment
Kde
KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations.
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On kde aptana ran perfectly quicker than on gnome at the best of times from question Why is Aptana Slow on Gnome 3 and Nvidia on Mageia 2? |
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The motivation is that font size 12 under kde seems to be much larger than under gnome from question Is there a way to determine if GNU Emacs 23 (or higher) is running under KDE? |