[GRLUG] My Ubuntu Trial

[Shawn McCuan]

Ha! Now you have started the fire...or at least lit the match, and now
im starting it...lol :)

"KDE is for folks who like their OS to hold their hand."

This is a fallacy - KDE is for those users who want quick, easy access
to their files so that they can spend more time actually working on
whatever they are working on instead of going through 800 windows and
menus (or the complete lack thereof) or through *cough*spatial
browsing*cough* to find what they are looking for...

Also, KDE applications IMHO are just plain superior and faster than
applications created for Gnome...take Amarok for example, it beats the
crap out of anything Gnome has to offer...oh, and did you see the recent
project that is basically Gnome's attempt to clone Amarok? (lol) Another
excellent applications is K3B...I have saw NOTHING in Gnome that even
begins to compare...I also do a lot of work using Konsole...I also find
Konsole far more appealing than the "Terminal" emulator gnome uses by
default...

Also, claiming that Gnome has a "nicer" interface, is not true. Gnome
reminds me of Windows 3.1...its bulky, ugly, and slow...no matter what
themes or modifications you use...:)

I also like that KDE is IMHO far more customizable than
Guu..uu..nome...which basically decides everything for you excluding
your wallpaper....(I know that Gnome *can* be customized...but, its time
consuming and laborsome compared to KDE)

Sorry about perpetuating the flame war....but, the "KDE is for users who
like their OS to hold their hand" comment was...well...cause enough for
a response...

My direct response is that "Gnome is for people who don't have a mind of
their own, and want their OS's Window Manager to decide everything for
them. Maybe people use Gnome because their minds work as slow and clunky
as their window manager....lol :)"






Godwin wrote:
> Well, KDE is for folks who like their OS to hold their hand.  I sleep
> on a bed of nails and walk barefoot to/from work uphill - both ways.
> Yeah, I like Gnome.  It "looks" nicer and doesn't have all the
> clutter.  Daaaaag!!!  Anyone smell smoke?  :-)  If that doesn't start
> flaming, I don't know what will...
>
> G-
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> On 5/16/06, David Pembrook <david at pembrook.net> wrote:
>   
>>  I think I need to talk to you more LOL. a man after my own heart.
>>
>>  I won't say much more about GUI's on Linux though or we'll get a real flame
>> war going. I think some of them actually use em on Linux on a regular basis
>> LOL.
>>
>>  and yes Collin, down with Gnome when you do use it lol..
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>>  john-thomas richards wrote:
>>  On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 08:34:44AM -0400, David Pembrook wrote:
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>>  Shall we start a KDE vs. Gnome flame fest?
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>>  Oh I'd love to get into this one if only I could get X to run correctly
>> on my current hardware!
>>
>>  You kids, with your fancy-pants GUI's. Give me vim, elinks, mutt, and
>> fbi (to view full-color images from the console), and keep your X to
>> yourselves.
>>
>> *However*, when X is necessary (is it ever, really?), I run E.
>>
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