-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I just checked and it seems the KDE artwork package is still not being included in Mandrake 9.1. As I noted when RC1 came out, there are a lot of packages that are probably used by far fewer users than basic KDE stuff like screensavers, so why is it being excluded?
If nothing else, why not just include kdeartwork's screensavers? Leave out the wallpaper and stuff and just include screensavers at least? I mean, shouldn't there be *something* other than the Mandrake screensaver and flying tux? I can just imagine the MSCE guy whose installing Linux to deploy on a few boxes for the first time. He's tweaking the desktop and thinking "this isn't too bad," and then he gets to the point of setting the screensaver. The pointy haired bosses said they wanted the company logo used on the screensaver. "Nope, no can do, sir... Linux doesn't even include a slide show screensaver!" "Okay, just something that doesn't have a penguin or a-b-c blocks." "Sorry sir, there just isn't anything else there. We should have just stuck with Windows -- I mean, it lets the user choose stuff." Maybe that's a bit far fetched, but as a desktop distribution, people *do* expect a little choice in this area. If you did a survey, I bet the majority of KDE users use something other than the two included screensavers, and now they have to figure out where to get them. KDE 3.1 comes with a lot of really great screen savers and I'm truly mystified as to why at least some of them aren't included. Unless Mandrake now prefers GNOME over KDE, if GNOME is getting xscreensavers, shouldn't KDE get kscreensavers? I don't mean to be a pain about this, I just wonder why this decision was made for a second release in a row. I'd love to know the rationale behind it... -Tim - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Enterprise Open Source Journal: http://www.ofb.biz ================================================================ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ZYriK37Cns9gJ0gRArpJAJ9JfG04G62mQQkphNym9G9nRgVqDQCfenxm 8FSgLT7HWcPg15PHM330sc8= =8eq2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
