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Red Hat Explains Stance on KDE/Gnome Desktop Changes

Posted by Hemos on from the creating-unity dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A lot of people are angry over the changes RedHat has done to KDE and Gnome in their latest beta, code-named Null. They have basically "nullified" all the default themes and settings with which each desktop attempts to posture for more users. Instead, there is now a beautiful unified look. To explain RedHat's stance, Owen Taylor writes this piece here. I hope that RedHat successfully forces both Gnome and KDE to become compatible with one another which would result in the creation of a single desktop. This would be the greatest gift to the Linux world."

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  1. Screenshots anyone ? by dg123 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please post screenshots !

  2. Animal Farm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this a case of the pigs walking on two legs?

  3. Re:Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How can you mod this offtopic? This is a very flammable topic indeed!

  4. Re:Hmmm... by peterpi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hmm, yes, a beowulf cluster of those imagine.

  5. I TOOK J00R MOM'S GREAT GIFT...HER ANAL VIRGINITY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  6. now all we need is a real replacement for X. by smcavoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I use Linux at home as my primary desktop (20 days average uptime before I feel the need to play a game that works in windows only), and at work for my desktop and 40+ servers. I like X's networking capabilities but the fact is it's old and bloated.
    We need something new/better. Hiding X from Joe user is pretty tough. Having something like direct FB as the backend would make it easier to use for end users, and probably clear up a load of performance issues as well...

  7. Re:Hmmm... by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *Your* desktop, hmm ? All of them- belong to me, they do!

    graspee