Hey Bruce,
You should be aware that we have a little problem with KDE. It uses Qt,
which isn't free software by Debian's definition. For this reason,
[.. lots removed ..]
Maybe I'm missing something here (possibly the enormity of the battle on
'our' hands... and I mean that seriously)
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Adam Shand wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something here (possibly the enormity of the battle on
'our' hands... and I mean that seriously) but it seems to me that by
choosing against something like KDE (which to all intents and purposes
*is* free software to the end user) we
Hey Bruce,
You should be aware that we have a little problem with KDE. It uses Qt,
which isn't free software by Debian's definition. For this reason,
Yes I saw your post the other day regarding the alternatives. Is GNOME
usable as a day to day solution yet? I noticed that there isn't a
The problem with this is that, if we were to embrace KDE now,
we implicidly also say Programming for Qt is good, and thus
more people start programming for Qt. Then when GNOME/Berlin/WhatEver
comes out, we cannot switch anymore.
Hmmm... not sure I buy that... but it's an interesting twist.
Well I spent the day upgrading my system to libc6 so I could install KDE
Beta1. First off thanks to the KDE team who look like they make have
the beginnings, and more, of a decent X interface... YAY! (and of course
the debian packagers)
Everything went smoothly but I am left with a couple
You should be aware that we have a little problem with KDE. It uses Qt,
which isn't free software by Debian's definition. For this reason,
we are looking very hard at several upcoming replacements for KDE, and
will probably designate one as our preferred graphical desktop when it
is ready. If I
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