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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. screenshot? by crazney · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anyone know a URL to screenshots of this new 'beutiful' desktop?

    Thanks

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    stuff
  2. Re:Greatest Gift? by Proudrooster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I agree, competition is what makes things better! Without competition, stagnation sets in, ala Micro$oft. Killing off either KDE or GNOME would be bad, very bad.

    Go KDE!

    Go Gnome!

    Maybe Redhat should just make the standardization optional, however I know they are now trying to push into the desktop market which is a giant leap for Linux. Maybe, just maybe, their "Redhat-ized" version should like like Windoze XP.

    "The Windoze related mispellings were intentional."

  3. How dare they! by jarran · · Score: 0, Redundant
    That's outrageous. How dare they take someone else's code and modify it?!

    Oh wait.. isn't that what's open source is all about?