On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:26:55 +0200, Oded Arbel wrote: > > I did the math and your calculation is wrong... > In fact it makes no sense to have the X configuration UI provided by the > WM vendor while it makes every sense to have it provided by the distro > vendor: same as for any system level configuration from run-levels to > web server.
All good points. I stand corrected - thanks for the informative answer! > for example > I've recently installed Skype which only offers RPMs and tarballs. > I guess then it's a matter of personal experience and which packages you install. For now I'm sticking with DEB, but I certainly be happy if I could use a distribution which allows one to use both DEB and RPM. > Specificly regarding the current topic - I still consider software that > does not offer UI for configuration or at least a decent command line > tool, and forces you to edit configuration files by hand, to be inferior :-) > Amen to that brother, Amen to that! You've summarized my entire rant rather nicely :-) I guess the conclusion is different from what I initially thought - it's not the fault of KDE or X, it's the fault of the distribution! Now I just have to find a good distribution... ;-) Regards, -- Offer Kaye ================================================================= 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]
