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Linus Switches From KDE To Gnome

Posted by timothy on from the seldon-plan dept.

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.

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  1. Both Suck by still-a-geek · · Score: 1, Troll

    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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    "Happily lived Mankind in the peaceful Valley of Ignorance." -- Hendrik Willem Van Loon
  2. Re:A reasoned analysis? That's good. by lethargic8 · · Score: 1, Troll

    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?