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Why KDE Rules

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the it-is-pretty-neato-for-real dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "Being a long time Gnome user and while talking with some non-KDE users, I realized that non-KDE users know few things about what are the "Good Things" of KDE. So I wrote an article about "Why KDE Rules" focused in KDE, with lots of screenshots and some texts - so all those non-KDE (or non-Linux) users can take a look at what KDE can offer to them, why KDE users use it and what they can expect about the future of the KDE platform if they choose to use it. Of course, this doesn't means that this was written to critize other desktops neither it means you should start Yet Another Gnome vs KDE flamewar..."

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  1. Never was too impressed with KDE by Eideewt · · Score: 2, Informative

    I never much liked KDE, but this article does highlight some cool features. Time to give it another try, maybe.

  2. KDE more configurable ? by Chaffar · · Score: 4, Informative
    "...the fact is that KDE is WAY more configurable than others desktops. Example: You can have a Mac OS-like menu bar"

    Well you can do that too with GNOME after installing gDesklets... Actually you can get a mix of whatever you like like this or even this... dunno but I like what I can do with GNOME when it comes to desktop configuration...

  3. Re:Here's what I think... by bob+whoops · · Score: 3, Informative

    For example, when I click an icon, it starts bouncing.

    If that's one of your complaints, I can tell you've never really used KDE much. The option to disable to this is clearly visible in kcontrol.

  4. Re:Bah, poorly written article by diegocgteleline.es · · Score: 2, Informative

    This part also goes into technicalities like database backends (WTF)

    Dude, this article it's ABOUT "technicalities".

    Following this, the obligatory chastising of readers that use the wrong browser

    No, it's not the "obligatory chastising". My thumbnails use PNG transpareny. And IE DOES NOT support png transparency. So, duh, I'm a troll because I recomend readers to use a browser than can render the page properly?