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[Godwin]

Uhhhh, huh?  My greatest come back...  Yeah, well... well... You
mama's so ugly, she looked out the window and got arrested for
mooning.  ;-)

It was interesting to see how badly Linus thinks of Gnome as a whole.
I almost shed a tear.

G-


On 5/17/06, Shawn McCuan <metiosarius at linspirenetwork.com> wrote:
> 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-
> >
> >
> > 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..
> >>
> >>
> >>  john-thomas richards wrote:
> >>  On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 08:34:44AM -0400, David Pembrook wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  Shall we start a KDE vs. Gnome flame fest?
> >>
> >>
> >>  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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