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by rhn_mk1 1254 days ago
You nailed it: GNOME targets new users. KDE doesn't. The advantage of having unique names is that you can actually talk about them, and that includes finding documentation and solving problems via a search engine.

Try finding anythng useful when your query is based on a generic name, e.g. "document viewer crashes".

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> Try finding anythng useful when your query is based on a generic name, e.g. "document viewer crashes".

Gets tragically hilarious when the document viewer program changed between release.

> GNOME targets new users.

Which is of course the correct strategy in the exploding-growth market of not only Linux Desktop, but desktop computing in general.

...wait a second...