I don't care what you say about Linux "failing". Linux is my primairy desktop OS and I prefer it over Windows XP, and it will stay that way. No matter what you say, it doesn't change the fact that my parents are happily using Linux, and that a few of my friends are also using Linux.
GConf doesn't work like that. Every app installs a schema file, which describes what keys an app use. So if you fire up gconf-editor, you will always see/apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser. GC onf is much better designed than the Windows registry.
I think your problem might be because you've installed two GNOME versions in parallel. Maybe you have some daemons from your old installation still running. That might cause a conflict.
Actually it doesn't matter whether that actually happens. The only thing that matters is that the numbers of sold Linux PCs go up! Companies will think "hey, Linux's market share is rising. maybe we should port our apps", regardless of whether people will actually reformat the hd and install a pirated version of Windows.
The right-to-left order is used to MacOS X. As everybody knows, everybody on Slashdot worships MacOS X, and always praise it for being the most userfriendly OS ever.
That aside, GNOME is actively moving away from the "Cancel/No/Yes" button order. They've been doing that for years now if you still haven't noticed.:/ Instead, buttons now have explicit action verbs, like "Cancel, Don't Save, Save", just like in the much-praised MacOS X.
"but any Windows or KDE user who tries out Gnome will find themselves clicking on the wrong button because Gnome has it backwards."
Which further proves that "Yes/No" is braindead and should be replaced by action verbs.
Nautilus is noticably faster. Much faster. Heck, it's so fast that it isn't even funny anymore. Windows appear instantanously. It's faster than Konqueror or even Windows Explorer.:/
Last time I checked everybody says choice is bad and that having only one choice is good? Now you've suddenly gotten the insight that the only choice can be bad? Wow, you complainers are incredible!
Prepared to get flamed by the MS zealots. Mark my words, they'll all yell:
"Joe Average doesn't WANT to learn, he just wants thing to work!"
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If Joe really doesn't want to know about all the packages then all he has to do is to select Default Install or something.:/ I don't understand why all the critics on Slashdot can't see that.
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Ignore? More like never encountered them. And this includes all my friends who use Linux.
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"Switching one's desktop isn't something that can be done at the drop of a hat."
Really? I can use KDE flawlessly. Back when I began using Linux (before all the Bluecurve stuff), I had absolutely no problems using GNOME or KDE. Buttons still look like buttons and menus still look like menus. You still have a window list and a "start" menu.
"The versions of Gnome shipped with Redhat 9 and Fedora Core 1 are extremely buggy... mainly due to Nautilus."
No problems here. Nautilus has never crashed on me ever since I installed it. Everything's rock stable. The only problems I encountered were a bug regarding drawners and a focus bug in Metacity.
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"GNOME and KDE are not the only desktops for Linux, despite what many seem to think."
You say this dispite the fact that many, many people always complain about "hundreds of desktop environments and window managers"?
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So why don't you switch to KDE 3.2 now? Nobody's forcing you to use GNOME and threatening the developers certainly won't help.
As for me: I'll stay with GNOME and Nautilus. I don't find it useless, it does everything I need in a minimalistic interface. The new Nautilus is *sooo* fast that it isn't even funny anymore. It's even faster than Windows Explorer.:/
Yes, but religious anti-OSS and anti-Linux zealots act as if *all* OSS apps are unusable, low quality and require massive retraining! That's the problem!
If those forks are incompatible then why would any developers develop for those forks? And how on earth will those companies manage to get their incompatible forks certified as Java(tm)?
"What?? I really don't get how something so baseless can get modded up:("
Because Slashdot has become an anti-open source and anti-Linux community. It has been one for a while now - just look at all the Linux/OSS bashing posts that got modded up. Yet people don't want to admit it and still pretend Slashdot is an anti-Linux pro-MS zealot community or something.
If it were Microsoft then Slashbots will make it sound like it's a minor issue and pretend nothing significant happened, while flaming Linux down for being insecure.
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I don't care what you say about Linux "failing". Linux is my primairy desktop OS and I prefer it over Windows XP, and it will stay that way. No matter what you say, it doesn't change the fact that my parents are happily using Linux, and that a few of my friends are also using Linux.
You're sooo going to get modded down. The Slashdot community is full of Mac zealots who can't stand criticism.
GConf doesn't work like that. Every app installs a schema file, which describes what keys an app use. So if you fire up gconf-editor, you will always see /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser.C onf is much better designed than the Windows registry.
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I think your problem might be because you've installed two GNOME versions in parallel. Maybe you have some daemons from your old installation still running. That might cause a conflict.
Yes, Gtk is not exactly the most network-friendly toolkit and could use more optimization.
I think Gtk treats X as a big framebuffer.
Actually it doesn't matter whether that actually happens. The only thing that matters is that the numbers of sold Linux PCs go up! Companies will think "hey, Linux's market share is rising. maybe we should port our apps", regardless of whether people will actually reformat the hd and install a pirated version of Windows.
I've used both. Anjuta is very usable and is definitely not a hack.
If you still want to compare: KDevelop feels like a hack compared to Borland Delphi.
Huh? I haven't noticed *any* increase in startup time. The one thing I did notice is how rediculously fast the new Nautilus is.
The right-to-left order is used to MacOS X. As everybody knows, everybody on Slashdot worships MacOS X, and always praise it for being the most userfriendly OS ever.
:/
That aside, GNOME is actively moving away from the "Cancel/No/Yes" button order. They've been doing that for years now if you still haven't noticed.
Instead, buttons now have explicit action verbs, like "Cancel, Don't Save, Save", just like in the much-praised MacOS X.
"but any Windows or KDE user who tries out Gnome will find themselves clicking on the wrong button because Gnome has it backwards."
Which further proves that "Yes/No" is braindead and should be replaced by action verbs.
Nautilus is noticably faster. Much faster. Heck, it's so fast that it isn't even funny anymore. Windows appear instantanously. It's faster than Konqueror or even Windows Explorer. :/
Huh? Where do you see Ximian actively bashing KDE?
I see more people bashing GNOME, or accusing GNOME of bashing KDE even when it isn't true.
Users don't *have* to use that button. It's not a mandatory feature so you can't end up making mistakes.
And there's also Ctrl+Click.
Last time I checked everybody says choice is bad and that having only one choice is good? Now you've suddenly gotten the insight that the only choice can be bad? Wow, you complainers are incredible!
Prepared to get flamed by the MS zealots. Mark my words, they'll all yell:
"Joe Average doesn't WANT to learn, he just wants thing to work!"
If Joe really doesn't want to know about all the packages then all he has to do is to select Default Install or something. :/
I don't understand why all the critics on Slashdot can't see that.
Ignore? More like never encountered them. And this includes all my friends who use Linux.
"Switching one's desktop isn't something that can be done at the drop of a hat."
Really? I can use KDE flawlessly. Back when I began using Linux (before all the Bluecurve stuff), I had absolutely no problems using GNOME or KDE. Buttons still look like buttons and menus still look like menus. You still have a window list and a "start" menu.
"The versions of Gnome shipped with Redhat 9 and Fedora Core 1 are extremely buggy... mainly due to Nautilus."
No problems here. Nautilus has never crashed on me ever since I installed it. Everything's rock stable. The only problems I encountered were a bug regarding drawners and a focus bug in Metacity.
"GNOME and KDE are not the only desktops for Linux, despite what many seem to think."
You say this dispite the fact that many, many people always complain about "hundreds of desktop environments and window managers"?
So why don't you switch to KDE 3.2 now? Nobody's forcing you to use GNOME and threatening the developers certainly won't help.
:/
As for me: I'll stay with GNOME and Nautilus. I don't find it useless, it does everything I need in a minimalistic interface.
The new Nautilus is *sooo* fast that it isn't even funny anymore. It's even faster than Windows Explorer.
I've seen more anti-OSS/Linux zealots on Slashdot than pro-OSS/Linux zealots. *Much* more.
Yes, but religious anti-OSS and anti-Linux zealots act as if *all* OSS apps are unusable, low quality and require massive retraining! That's the problem!
If those forks are incompatible then why would any developers develop for those forks? And how on earth will those companies manage to get their incompatible forks certified as Java(tm)?
"What?? I really don't get how something so baseless can get modded up :("
Because Slashdot has become an anti-open source and anti-Linux community. It has been one for a while now - just look at all the Linux/OSS bashing posts that got modded up. Yet people don't want to admit it and still pretend Slashdot is an anti-Linux pro-MS zealot community or something.
And which home users need color management/ICC profiles, 16-bit colors and RAW file conversions?
If it were Microsoft then Slashbots will make it sound like it's a minor issue and pretend nothing significant happened, while flaming Linux down for being insecure.
I agree with you, there's a pro-Microsoft mentality at Slashdot, even though people don't want to admit it and even claim the opposite.