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UserLinux Continues Debate Over GUI

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following up the earlier Slashdot item on this, LinuxWorld is carrying both sides of the discussion as to whether UserLinux GUI should be GNOME only, as Bruce Perens last week decided "by fiat," or include KDE."

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  1. I want my 5 minutes back! by Qbertino · · Score: 0, Troll

    Errm, pardon me, but who in holy hell are these UserLinux people and who's this Bruce Perens guy?
    Do I have to know them?
    Am I wrong or have these people not yet managed to roll out even the faintest resemblence of a Linux distro which, if it were there, would be nothing but a sad and sorry rippoff of the Debian project. No?
    As far as I can see from here there's nothing but a bunch of blockheads on mailing lists, webforums and slashdot generating nothing but a big heap of pointless media hype. Heavens, give us a break on people trying to generate by the most pointless of OSS discussions, KDE vs. GNOME.
    I want my 5 minutes back.

    --
    We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
  2. By fiat? by Stonent1 · · Score: 1, Troll

    What does that mean? Is he going to spin a small Italian car around and see what it points to? I've never heard the term "by fiat".

    BTW I guess since he lost his job at HP, he's had to clean himself up a bit. I guess he gave up on the Dr. Who lookalike style.