I sure hope it becomes a windows killer. We need one. However, I have some rants on opensource in gengeral shooting itself in the foot while trying to kill windows <G> but I won't go into them here. However, KDE has to become easier to install and maintain before it is a windows killer. Every version that comes out breaks things that shouldn't break and people seem to have so much trouble compiling it - even those who are gurus. Maybe it's because it's so big.
I really liked KDE and Konq when I started with 1.x and 2.0 or 2.1 was a great improvment but from there it went downhill for me. To each his own. Matthew Carpenter wrote: > I understand what you are saying, but Tim has a point. It's no mystery > that I'm pretty happy with KDE for most things. It is bloated, but I'm > into bloat-balancing. I like the pretty's, the things which presidents, > managers and directors love to tinker with which make them try and stick > with something. I like KDE because it helps me get my work done faster > (so long as I have a machine that can keep up). I agree that KDE can > cripple CPU's and memory-configs which would be great on a Linux server... > but not Win2k or XP. KDE is not for everyone but they definitely are for > many. > > That said, one thing I'm intrigued about is the upcoming enhancements paid > for by the German government. Apparently KDE 3.1 or 3.2 is supposed to > have an Outlook-like PIM and some back-end stuff. > > You're looking for a great tool and I understand that... I'm looking for a > Windows Killer. KDE so far seems to be the closest thing for Linux at > this point. <flame-guard-up> > > On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:17:26 -0500 > "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> No, I'm not anti-KDE - I just don't want to use it -. nor did I speak >> against it - I simply said I read the changes and remembered why I didn't >> want to use it. Any one who wants to use it is welcome - and I did try >> and give the man some help. -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
