On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 07:10:01PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 14:46 on Wednesday 25 May 2011, Indi did > opine > thusly: > > > For people already running kde it's ok, but for the rest of us > > it's a bit ridiculous, isn't it? > > I used to use a few "k" apps in the 3 days, they were small and > > easily integrated into the system. Now kde is like it's own OS, > > so they've basically eliminated their apps from consideration of > > non-kde users. > > > > Not that it matters much to me, one of the strengths of gentoo > > is how many ways there are to do a given task. > > But there are quite a few kde zealots who seem to be completely > > unaware of what we mean by "fast, light, standalone". > > > > I guess some people didn't experience the 80s or 90s. > > > > :) > > It doesn't make sense running koffice without also running KDE, it's a hard > requirement. > > And not only did I experience the 80s and 90s, but the 70s as well. > > So now that you have defined what fast, light, standalone means by your > current needs, it is obvious that no such package exists and hence there is a > gap in the market. > > Now we know what your next project will be. >
Writing a virus that destroys all msoffice installs once and for all so we can finally just use sane formats editable as text? :D (kidding, of course, I would never do malware) Actually, writing an add-on for vim that can edit word documents is an idea I plan to look into when I get some time. Right now I use up all my poor little brain's ability to focus on other things, but maybe soon there'll be a break. -- caveat utilitor ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤
