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Richard Stallman On KDE/GNOME Cooperation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-along-is-the-whole-point dept.

Karma Sucks writes: "For the first time that I remember, RMS is encouraging collaboration between the GNOME and KDE projects. He offers a concrete idea: Unifying the themes between KDE and GNOME. Matthias Ettrich once went far enough to propose a default unified 'Linux' theme that both Qt and GTK+ could support."

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  1. Woah by mosch · · Score: 3, Funny
    Woah now, I know RMS is considered to be an important fellow, but this is a crazy idea. Come on, cooperation between KDE and GNOME? What crazy idea is next, a free flow of information and help between BSD and Linux?

    Oh wait, my bad, this idea is so obvious it's rediculous. Does anybody have a valid reason why it hasn't happened already?

  2. Does this mean... by SteelX · · Score: 3, Funny

    We'll soon get GNU/KDE and KGNOME?

    1. Re:Does this mean... by sulli · · Score: 3, Funny

      You'll get GNUDE .. perfect for viewing and manipulating, um, photos.

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  3. OMG! Hell did freeze over! by Chanc_Gorkon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Debian is close to releasing and they are talking about a unified Linux desktop theme. Hell most have frozen over or this is a sign of the apocalypse!

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  4. No thanks, I'll just use OSX. (Or Win2k) by Pope+Slackman · · Score: 3, Funny

    shit man, the source is there, if it pisses you off *that much* then fix it.

    Getting rid of the inconsistency and incompatabilty in X is hardly a one man job.
    It's hardly a 1000 man job.
    Hell, removing inconsistency from X is like removing religion from church - it just can't be done.

    C-X C-S

  5. Re:GDE by abe+ferlman · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would be like the end of the Dark Crystal when the Skeksis and the Mystics merged into those weird light-beings after the restoration of the crystal.

    The only question is, if Craig Mundie falls into a pit of fire, does ESR disappear, or is it RMS?

    :)

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  6. Unified Clipboard by Afrosheen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Version after version, distro after distro, app after app, I still don't have a unified clipboard to simply copy and paste between apps.

    Give me a unified clipboard, or give me death.

  7. Re:Well... by Yarn · · Score: 3, Funny

    More than just one boring, rather useless "base," it should cover MANY bases

    All our bases? (Sorry)

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    -Yarn - Rio Karma: Excellent