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KDE And Gnome Cooperate On Interface Guidelines

Posted by timothy on from the which-is-smart dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Competing infrastructures may foster improvement in each desktop, but the Gnome and KDE hackers still know how to work together when needed. The Free *nix desktop has been improving quickly. Red Hat's unified desktop was controversial, but obviously the right decision for regular users. Now that KDE and Gnome have decided to combine their Human Interface Guides, it can be done right--by the developers themselves. Note: they also want to involve 'people working on other non-KDE non-GNOME HIGs.'" Update: 02/03 20:19 GMT by T : Apparently not everyone's browser can read http://freedesktop.org, so the initial link up there now sports a "www" as well. And it's .org -- sorry.

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  1. Alternatives are still good by 3.1415926535 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As long as we always have things like Fluxbox in addition to KDE/GNOME, I'll be happy.

  2. Get XFCE involved.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    They are a great minimalist "desktop environment" and should get a say in all this.

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  3. Re:In a related story... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ha! That's old news - they've been in bed together for a long time... ;P

  4. Re:NOOOOO!!! by jdgreen7 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here's what's next!!!

    Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
    Mayor: What do you mean, biblical?
    Ray: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor... real Wrath-of-God-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies.
    Venkman: Rivers and seas boiling!
    Egon: 40 years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanos.
    Winston:The dead rising from the grave!
    Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats, living together... mass hysteria!

    Courtesy of http://www.moviesounds.com/gbusters.html :-)

  5. Re:In a related story... by diffuze · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Odd how posts like:
    " Cats and dogs... Living together. Panic in the streets."
    gets modded as offtopic while posts like:
    "Presidents Bush, Chirac, and Hussein were found making out in a hot tub."
    are modded as funny.

  6. Re:In a related story... by leviramsey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't blame me... I liked the "cats and dogs" post....

  7. Re:In a related story... by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Welcome. For more goodness, be sure to check out Little Green Footballs every day.

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  8. Re:In a related story... by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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