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Linus Torvalds Tries KDE, Likes It So Far

Posted by timothy on from the harry-seldon dept.

sfcrazy writes "Linus Torvalds has never been a big fan of Gnome owing [to] its extreme simplicity. Even Gnome 3.x failed to impress the father of the Linux kernel. He has now given KDE a try after a long time. Linus using your software is double edged sword, especially if Linus doesn't like it — get ready for the harshest, yet the most honest and useful criticism. Interestingly, Linus has so far liked KDE, and for one simple reason: 'But ah, the ability to configure things. And I have wobbly windows again.' This should make KDE developers a bit happier." Evidently, Linus didn't get the message that desktop UIs for Linux don't matter any more, since he keeps acting like they do.

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  1. Re:Grammer... by Aaron+B+Lingwood · · Score: 4, Funny
    The...

    First sentence is fail...

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  2. Re:Grammer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Grammar:
    The first sentence is a fail.

    See me after class.

  3. In other news by Dyinobal · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news Linus Torvalds tries crunchy peanut butter, and likes it so far.

    1. Re:In other news by Galactic+Dominator · · Score: 4, Funny

      He likes it! Hey Linus!

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  4. Re:Grammer... by oodaloop · · Score: 5, Funny

    Grammer than what?

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  5. Re:Grammer... by rubycodez · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sorry for you, The Urban Dictionary is actually available free online.

  6. Re:Our Dear Leader Is Happy Today by rubycodez · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are speaking of a pagan religion. Those of us with the True Faith have received our OpenBSD 5.2 CDs and T-Shirt in the mail, and give thanks to our Lord Theo, even though he's a total prick.

  7. Re:What people say... by ifiwereasculptor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is not always correct.

    "People" keep saying Google+ is a ghost town.
    "People" keep saying Linus is doomed on the UI.
    "People" kept saying Linux was too hard to use and would never make it outside the server room

    Common for all is that they were mostly wrong.

    I think you made a very common confusion. People say Linux is doomed on the UI, and that Linus is too hard to use and would never make it outside the server room.

  8. Re:Just who is Brian Proffitt? by flapped · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Brian
    2. ?
    3. Proffitt