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Stirring The GNOME Fires

Posted by Hemos on from the battles-rage-on dept.

uninet writes "Tim Butler and Ed Hurst have discussed GNOME quite a bit. Tim likes the current trend, and Ed doesn't. Read Ed's alternate perspective at OfB.biz."

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  1. Damn Right! by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because Red Hat, Sun, Novell, IBM, and the others that are supporting GNOME are nothing more than second rate tech companies that are in danger of going out of business in the next 24.23 seconds.

  2. Re:quote: by DAldredge · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It is ONE extra click and moving your trackball/mouse 1 inch. Unless your mouse is 1.2 Tons I don't see why makes it so damn hard.

    You just want to bitch, if you spent 1/2 the time looking how to solve the problem you spend bitching about it you would have it fixed.

  3. Re:Stir me up a candle - moving OT by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your wrong.

    Why is it so damn hard for someone to admit that they are wrong?

  4. Re:quote: by ErichTheWebGuy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I did fix the problem though; I switched to KDE.

    Good for you! Maybe if enough people do, the gnome people will stop trying to dictate to us how we should use our computer.

    I have always used KDE, so I always sit back and chuckle whenever this topic comes up. It seems like such a waste, devoting all of these developer resources and end-user time to an inferior desktop.

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  5. Re:quote: by DAldredge · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Damn it. If you are doing it hundreds of times per day then spend a little effort to try to make it easier on yourself.

    Don't expect the world to do it for you if you are too damn lazy to fix it yourself.

  6. Tacoma Narrows Bridge (the old one) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    "I wouldn't call it a fiasco. A controversial design choice, but not a fiasco."

    'tard.

  7. gnome sucks by UncleBoy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    gnome sucks
    everyone knows that

  8. Re:quote: by jrockway · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > And if it isn't?

    Umm, eat shit and die? Or use KDE? Or use XFCE? Or use icewm? Or use gconf? Or make your own dialog? Or use MacOS? Or use XP?

    As you can see, there are plenty of options for you. Try to be helpful instead of being an asshole.

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    My other car is first.