It bothers me that KDE looks so much like Win95/Win98 and is getting so much attention. Basically, the only difference in appearance from KDE and WinXX is the little wharf type bar.
Now, admittedly, I'm NOT a KDE expert, and maybe there is a way to get the KDE "extended functionality" from another window manager (sounds like GNOME then), but the default window manager creates a WinXX style clone. All of the buttons, icons, app layouts, etc. look like Bill Gates himself designed everything.
I, for one, enjoy having a unique desktop. I really like the Next type appearance, and thus I choose to run WindowMaker. I never (NEVER) want my Linux machine to look just like Winbloze. Isn't this ability to customize your environment one of the key points in using Linux?
Sheesh... what a load of crap. I downloaded a couple of those.mov files (after I "hacked" the sourcecode since I don't have a Quicktime plug-in for HP-UX), and talk about garbage. A bunch of blurry camera panning around New York city or some other concrete jungle.
What's the commercial world coming to? Naming BACKPACKS after "firewalls" and other computer terms?????!!!
Anyway, all of the "hackers" (actors) look more like slackers from a SURGE!!!!! commercial. Yeah, they're c00l d00dz!!
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It bothers me that KDE looks so much like Win95/Win98 and is getting so much attention. Basically, the only difference in appearance from KDE and WinXX is the little wharf type bar.
Now, admittedly, I'm NOT a KDE expert, and maybe there is a way to get the KDE "extended functionality" from another window manager (sounds like GNOME then), but the default window manager creates a WinXX style clone. All of the buttons, icons, app layouts, etc. look like Bill Gates himself designed everything.
I, for one, enjoy having a unique desktop. I really like the Next type appearance, and thus I choose to run WindowMaker. I never (NEVER) want my Linux machine to look just like Winbloze. Isn't this ability to customize your environment one of the key points in using Linux?
Sheesh... what a load of crap. I downloaded a couple of those .mov files (after I "hacked" the sourcecode since I don't have a Quicktime plug-in for HP-UX), and talk about garbage. A bunch of blurry camera panning around New York city or some other concrete jungle.
What's the commercial world coming to? Naming BACKPACKS after "firewalls" and other computer terms?????!!!
Anyway, all of the "hackers" (actors) look more like slackers from a SURGE!!!!! commercial. Yeah, they're c00l d00dz!!