After seeing where KDE4 is heading, I thought it might be the time to give Gnome another attempt. The reason I was in favor of KDE was it was more customizable than Gnome.. I may be wrong, but that was how I felt it. However, with KDE4, it seems heading to the simplicity road like its competitors. Personally, I think it is too simplified.
In addition, as mentioned in my post before, I did not like the new interface and its arrangement.
Anyway, here is my first experience with Gnome. So far, it has been positive. It has been tidied a lot since the last time I was using it. Also, it is more organized now too. Settings for system and preference are well grouped.
The Nautilus seemed to be more refine and mature when compared to Dolphin, the new default file manager in KDE4. It is simple at the front, but if you wish, it can carry more sophisticated tasks too, such as access a network drive without restrictions in Dolphin. The only complaint I have on Nautilus is its lack of privacy options. With Nautilus, every places you had visited, files you had opened and/ or previewed left a trace, i.e. under recently accessed document, accessed placed, and in the .thumbnails folder. That may be a time saver for some, but personally, I dislike this idea. I like the control of privacy.
