Hi Bruce, On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:45 AM, Bruce Byfield <bbyfi...@axion.net> wrote: > > As you may have heard, KDE recently topped the Linux Journal's Readers' Choice > Awards. > > That got me thinking. Why do people prefer KDE? What advantages do you think > it has over other desktop environments? > > Warning: If I get enough replies, I may use them in a blog entry for Linux Pro > Magazine. > > My thanks in advance for any replies.
Thank you for asking and first a disclaimer: I am part of the KDE community and totally biased :) My reasons to use KDE software are many, but these are the most important ones: 1. I can configure it to look the way I want it to, so it just suits my way of using computers. Every time I try another window manager and/or desktop environment I hit a "you can't do that" very fast, so KDE it is :) 2. The community is made of awesome people who are nice to work with. It is very open and welcomes everybody, regardless of their skills, origins or gender. Being a woman I never felt the need of having a separate group to "include" me, as the community doesn't make a different in treating its members. I am not a software developer, but I am part of KDE nonetheless, as there is no separation made between developers and non-developers. "The KDE way" is to treat everybody as being part of the community, and this also extends to the users. I guess I could go on for hours in citing more reasons why I am part of KDE, but I guess it all comes down to these two points above. Regards, Myriam -- Proud member of the Amarok and KDE Community Protect your freedom and join the Fellowship of FSFE: http://www.fsfe.org Please don't send me proprietary file formats, use ISO standard ODF instead (ISO/IEC 26300) ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
