On Tuesday 17 September 2002 00:54, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Amir Tal wrote: > > you all (i am guessing here..) read slashdot, so i guess you saw the > > article speaking about the new policy RH are taking in their new beta. > > > > i am reffering to the fact that they decided to "unite" some parts of the > > gnome and kde desktops, includingmaking code changes in some of the above > > projects, in order to gain sharing of some components in those desktop > > enviroments. > > > > i switched to debian a few weeks ago, so i couldnt care less what RH are > > doing on their future releases, but i do find it kind of offensive that > > they have the nurve (yes, i do believe its nurve) to decide for their > > users what will their desktop look like. > > They have every right to do so.It is both legal and legitimate. Both KDE > *and RedHat* are available under the terms of the GPL. Anybody can take > RedHat 8.0 and stick modified KDE packages with it. If this is indeed > better then redhat may lose clients and user-base. >
this is not about if they have a right or not. this is about giving you a living fact, without being able to choose. "we think its better, we like it that way, get use to it !" > > its true that you can always remove the default packages and > > compile\install your own, but why would a user wantto go into all that > > truble ? > > People can also change the default settings. People can also change the > default theme. Is that such a problem? > > The credits issue may be a more sensetive issue: Redhat have removed the > "about KDE" menu item, and added the credit to KDE to the standard about > box. wonder what the kde team has to say about this.. > > > new users should not have a problem with this new approach, and they may > > even like the new artwork implemented there, but what about old timers, > > that want their desktop set just the way they like it ? > > > > in my opinion, this is starting to look like a classic MS scenario, which > > i definetly dont like. > > is this where linux is going from now ? > > doesnt seem so much of a "free choice" now, does it ? > > gcc 2.96 all over again? > :) > > kde is kde, gnome is gnome, and thats the way its suppose to be. > > you want a new desktop ? a united desktop ? a uniqe desktop ? go ahead, > > but dont *force* users to use it. > > The user doesn't care if the desktop was created by a troll or a gnome. > The user wants to use a desktop. > what you are describing here fits a new user, not someone that likes kde\gnome just the way they are, and doesnt want to get use to something new. its ok to add new policies, but they should give you the option to use the default settings WITHOUT reistalling the entire desktop enviroment (which they dont) > > they could at least let you choose if you WANT it or not (which they > > dont) > > You can always install a different distro. tell that to people that use RH since 5.x -- ====================================== Amir Tal Founder, Owner Whatsup, Hebrew Linux Portal Voice: +972-8-9363164 Fax: +972-8-9363164 Cell: +972-58-978979 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: www.whatsup.org.il ====================================== ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
