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UserLinux May Go Without KDE

Posted by michael on from the can't-have-any-pudding dept.

Anonymous BillyGoat writes "For the past few days, there has been considerable debate at the UserLinux mailing list about the (proposed) non-inclusion of KDE in the distro. The KDE developers have written a proposal opposing the decision to go with GNOME as the sole UserLinux GUI, while Bruce Perens has posted a response."

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  1. UserLinux == Great Idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Except the User part because there won't be any.

  2. Re:KDE is not to be ignored by mAIsE · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes but we all know VI is far superior to EMACS !!

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  3. Re:KDE is not to be ignored by satanami69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Emacs is an early attempt to mimic yacc. It has evolved, trapper keeper style, to include its own kernel. Far beyond the scope of the GNU/Hello World mail client, Emacs can easily be scripted so common tasks can be repeated.

    Also a simple editor such as ee, or aee, can suffice in most cases, Emacs is able to live in a symbiotic relationship with the user. Using Emacs over Vi has been suggested as the start of the next Great war by future historians. Also, it will be resolved after Emacs opens a connection through the metaverse where Emacs includes :q!

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  4. here's a screenshot of emacs by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 4, Funny

    emacs in action

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  5. Re:I am reminded of the PERL mantra by Our+Man+In+Redmond · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone that insists that there is only one way, and that is their way, is probably wrong.

    Or named Guido.

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  6. Make up your damn minds slashbots! by Jeffery+McGrew · · Score: 3, Funny

    *every* time an artcle is posted about Linux/BSD vs. Windows/OS X usability, someone chimes in that 'if only the open source community could pick one developement platform, and limit user choice, then developers could focus on one platform, everything would work well, things would be easy, new users and business would love it, birds would sing, and MicroSoft would be overthrown'.

    Then that guy gets modded up to +5.

    Now, someone's making a serous effort to do *exactly that* and everyone's bitching about leaving out KDE and how it limits user choice, forces everyone to work on one platform, and how this will make things harder; when it appears that it has a large part to do with the licencing of QT vs. Gnome, and nothing about KDE or Gnome being 'better'.

    Sheesh. And I'm sitting here posting about it. I can't think of what's sadder!