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On Monday 18 November 2002 11:58, Johnny Stork wrote:
> But since RH IS the
> most recognized corporate Linux distro, I am forced to try and keep up with
> their releases for the time being unless things change...(United Linux??)
can someone remind me when Free software came down to popularity and
recognition?
as far as i'm concerned, it's all about choice and the ability to move to the
vendor that serves your needs. and even if that wasn't a basic tenet of open
source, the market is still far too young to declare a winner already, no?
> As far as the desktop goes though (Bluecurve) and their first attempt at a
> unified Gnome/KDE desktop, I am quite pleased, although I would still
> prefer to keep these two very different desktop environments separate.
> Maybe Gnome/KDE could collaborate on some common underlying
> menu/configuration/package-install-tools and be "unique" and "creative"
> with the rest?
as Richi points out there is freedesktop.org and work is underway right now
settle on an icon theme standard to add to the plethora of other standards.
not everything will merge in the foreseable future, though. the projects do
have different visions. that's why there are seperate projects to being with.
so some things will be different.
what's the harm in that?
Red Hat and many armchair devels says "people want, nay need! a consistent
looking interface" and they provide it by skinning everything the same. then
i look at windows and even mac computers and go, "who are they talking to
again?" i think it's the classic overreaction:
X was known for a long time as a platform where every single app worked and
looked differently and none of them worked together.
now we want to make every application not only work together, but we want
every app to look the same and meld seemlessly with each other.
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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