cheers for the replies, i was surprised myself to 'not' find any posts about the pro's and cons of kde vs gnome, glad it didn't start a flame, wasn't my intention, i'm still getting my feet into linux so i will stick to kde for the time being. thanks for all ur view, more are welcome,
and i must say this forum is very good, there's a friendly crowd here and there are a lot more replies than any opther linux forum i've seen, keep up the good work