On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:39:38PM +0800, Andre M. V. wrote: > Desktop Environment Maturity. That is relative. > Others may swear Linux is a better Desktop Env. > And vice-versa with windows. For me, windows > Has an edge here. >
I think the biggest problem with Linux desktop environments is that they must so SLAVISHLY copy the Windows desktop environment. Both KDE and Gnome are guilty of this (and arguably KDE more so), and arguably much of it was done to ease the migration of refugees from the Evil Empire to the Free World, but in my opinion both of these parallel projects are going much too far in this regard. I've just been giving GNUstep a little swing, and am reading through Objective-C and seeing what we can do. It's much much more mature than it once was when I started using Linux and looking for ways to develop X applications. At least GNUstep is beginning to look more and more ripe, and seems to have the potential to produce in the future a desktop that may be much better than anything Redmond ever made. -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.ph.inter.net/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 Heute die Welt und Morgen das Sonnensystem! _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
