On 8 June 2011 13:04, Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011/6/8 Renaud (Ron) Olgiati <[email protected]>: >> On Wednesday 08 Jun 2011 04:21 my mailbox was graced by a message from >> Wolfgang Bornath who wrote: >> >>> >> Maybe we should think less of what the prog owners do, and more on >>> >> whether or not the users want/need the prog ? >> >>> > +1 >> >>> Good, tell that to the owners. >>> Sometimes I think that some users are like little kids. They see it, >>> they want it, and they don't care about anything else. >>> What do you say to a kid asking for that yellow bike which belongs to >>> another kid? >> >> For many years now, when people asked my advice on which OS to use, my reply >> was "what software do you need to use, and what OS does it run under ?"; then >> told them to use that OS, whatever it was (Yes, even MS Windows ;-3) and I >> do >> the same for my personal use: if a distro does not run the prog I need, that >> I >> am used to, etc. I will not use that distro. > > Right, same as I do. I never had a problem running Windows for a > special app which was not available in Linux. And I never had a > problem with using a Gnome app in a KDE environment if the Gnome app > better suited my needs. > >> I do not see the point of learning the complexities and vagaries of a new >> drafting prog when the one I know is available on another distro that runs >> without problem (for now), just for the sake of "being a Mageia user". > > Yes, quite right, same as I do. We totally agree on this. > > Now, how is this related to the issue at hand? > > -- > wobo >
As a follow up on qcad, we have librecad rc2 in cauldren, which as misc said is the qt4 port of qcad. It has been working well for me.
