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Linus Switches From KDE To Gnome
An anonymous reader writes "In a recent Computerworld interview, Linus revealed that he's switched to Gnome — this despite launching a heavily critical broadside against Gnome just a few years ago. His reason? He thinks KDE 4 is a 'disaster.' Although it's improved recently, he'll find many who agree with this prognosis, and KDE 4 can be painful to use." There's quite a bit of interesting stuff in this interview, besides, regarding the current state of Linux development.
Personally, KDE and Gnome both suck. They're both heavy-weight X-Window environments. I like XFCE better because it's simple, doesn't contain all of those "extra applications" I will never use, and is lightweight (IMHO).
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May 15, 2011
In a recent CNetComputerPCWorldNews article, Linus Torvalds revealed he's recently switched to a Mac - this despite launching a heavily critical broadside against OS X just a few years ago. His reason? He thinks Linux is a 'disaster.' Although it's improved recently, he'll find many who agree with this prognosis, and Linux can be painful to use.
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well, I switched from being a long time KDE user to GNOME because of 4.2. what a train wreck!
how is it Apple is able to include a pdf reader in os x without getting in trouble? Is that simply because they are not nearly the large target that microsoft is?
I'll revisit it when I reinstall the next machine which tends to be every six to eight months.
WTF? So he re-installs his computer every 6-8 months? Fuck me, you've not needed to do that with Windows for nearly a decade.
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