On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, David Walluck wrote: > Vincent Danen wrote: > >> Can you tell me if qt requires any KDE junk installed? Ie. in order to >> use MCC, will a user have to install kdebase or kdelibs or is qt >> enough? One very good reason for using GTK is that you do not need >> GNOME installed. >> >> It would not be a good idea *at all* to require a bunch of KDE stuff in >> order to use the control center. What about server systems that only >> have, for example, blackbox or windowmaker installed? Are we to tell >> them that with 9.1 they must install a bunch of useless KDE stuff in >> order to use the drak* tools? With GTK, they don't have to install >> GNOME, so this is a step backward just to use the "latest thing". > > The relationship between QT and KDE is the same as the relationship > between GTK+ and GNOME. You *do not* need to have KDE or the KDE > libraries installed in order to use QT. > > I feel the same way about GNOME as you do about KDE. I don't use GNOME > as my desktop environment, and I recently uninstalled GNOME to save disk > space, but I still continue to use a few GTK+ apps (grip, gaim, to name > a few). > > The reason I suggested QT has nothing to do with my preferences, > however. I don't know if Mandrake would even consider this. But if so, I > suggest they do a poll (even on a vote on the club might be a good idea).
I'm not sure I believe this. At any rate, I hope Mandrakesoft doesn't follow your suggestion, and I'll be honest and say it DOES have something to do with my preferences. KDE looks dorky and reminds me too much of windoz. Dale Huckeby
