difference between KDE and GNOME....IN Linux system......

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Default Look:---

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When you look at the default setup of Gnome and KDE in Ubuntu, their differences are mainly cosmetic.

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KDE

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KDE by default (this can be changed) favors blue and black, has one toolbar at the bottom of the screen, and has one main menu.

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Gnome

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Gnome by default (this can also be changed) favors brown and orange, has two toolbars (one at the top, one at the bottom), and splits its menu into three submenus—Applications, Places, and System.

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You should not select your desktop environment based on its default look. Gnome can just as easily favor blue, and KDE can be made to be orange. Both can be any color you want. Toolbars can be moved, added, deleted. The Gnome menus can be combined. New KDE menus can be added.
Both KDE and Gnome offer flexibility.

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Menu Navigation

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In KDE, there is a KMenu through which you access all programs. By default in Kubuntu (Ubuntu's implementation of KDE), there is a quick-navigation button that looks like a folder.




If you want to go to your Documents folder, you would go to the quick navigation button and then select Documents. Then you would click Open to open it.

In Gnome in Ubuntu's default layout (though you can change it to a one-button format if you'd like), you have separate buttons for applications, for folder navigation, and for system preferences.

To go to your Home Folder or Documents folder, you click on Places and then select the location you want to go to.

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Renaming Files

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In both

KDE and Gnome

, you rename a file (just as you would in Windows) with the F2 key. In older versions of KDE, the rename would focus on the entire filename, including the extension. In newer versions of KDE, the renaming process focuses on only the main filename and leaves out the extension. The renaming happens in a pop-up window, which you can confirm or cancel when you're done.






KDE also defaults to a single-click instead of double-click for opening files. So if you stick with the single-click, you'll have to hold down Control while selecting the file so that you just select the file and don't open it.







In

Gnome

, renaming a file also focuses on the main file name, but it does so inline and not with a pop-up window.
File Browser Preferences

KDE has a reputation for having confusing menus and options. I tend to think of it as just a different approach. In the file browser preferences, for example, you see three main options and then a lot of minor options in each submenu.

There are many examples.......not listed here.....