Don't forget that the kde group hates gnome just as vigorously. I think it's because they feel kde is solid and easy to use and failing to adopt kde means that linux will have a bad reputation as being hard to use. IMHO, windows and icons won't make easy to use unless fundamental changes are made. See: http://members.xoom.com/kurtkilg/linux
It seems that Redhat's only real competition is Caldera...and Microsoft. If Caldera followed Redhat's lead, then the only ones dealing with a forked kernel are Debian, slackware and all the little guys that nobody is paying attention to.
it's nice to see themes on kde or gnome but you can get themes on Windows too. http://floach.pimpin.net/ has a whole bunch of them for example. I'd like to see more talk on how these GUI's make your life easier instead of pretty (or in the case of enlightenment-not so pretty:/ ) themes.
I simply ignore him and I'm sure many other people do. He's not the main force pushing linux-it's companies like IBM, Oracle as well as many people who find that it just works better than NT. It's all about Linux vs. Microsoft not free software vs spending a few bucks. And people who push open source are pointing out that it helps create better software (sometimes) without any of this lala pie in the sky stuff that has nothing to do with how the real world operates.
the Hitler thing is a bit too much but besides that you're basically right. RMS is a fanatic and while he had his 15 minutes of fame, we must move on. Hey, if it wasn't for Bill Gates we would still be using expensive proprietary IBM PC's. That doesn't mean we should go with MS. Same for RMS
RMS is a fanatic; Linus isn't.
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heh maybe it's because you don't have any ideas of your own or maybe you don't appreciate the amount of work, time and money that goes into some ideas. The industrial economy is over. Welcome to the information economy where ideas-not goods- are produced and sold. Linus understands this perfectly-he understands that there is a place for open-source as well as proprietary. That's the rational approach. RMS and MS represent the irrational extremes
RMS responsible for X being free.
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Commercial X servers are much better. Check out www.xig.com
New Linux not gnu-linux
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I'd like to see a linux distro with a commercial x server and KDE. It should be called New Linux-better, faster and easier to use. Who knows-I think that's what Corel may be working on
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I'd rather see a BeOS version :)
Linux can serve the popcorn
Don't forget that the kde group hates gnome just as vigorously. I think it's because they feel kde is solid and easy to use and failing to adopt kde means that linux will have a bad reputation as being hard to use. IMHO, windows and icons won't make easy to use unless fundamental changes are made.
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http://members.xoom.com/kurtkilg/linux
It seems that Redhat's only real competition is Caldera...and Microsoft. If Caldera followed Redhat's lead, then the only ones dealing with a forked kernel are Debian, slackware and all the little guys that nobody is paying attention to.
I'm surprised nobody thought of making RMS (Richard Stallman) action figures given his extremely devoted FSF followers.
an open source OS on proprietary hardware. Perfct combination :)
BeOS users know how ya feel man. Now if linuxppc only worked on G3's then you could say conspiracy. (MacOSX only works on G3's)
I'd sure love to see mozilla with XSL no matter how it gets in there. Last I heard, they just plugged expat (xml parser) in mozilla
Adobe isn't Sun. Sun came up with java. Adobe thinks it's an important tool
given what we know now about Microsoft...he's right and the only idiots are those who use MS stuff
it's nice to see themes on kde or gnome but you can get themes on Windows too. :/ ) themes.
http://floach.pimpin.net/ has a whole bunch of them for example.
I'd like to see more talk on how these GUI's make your life easier instead of pretty (or in the case of enlightenment-not so pretty
hehehe it's alot of fun
I don't know about ESR's stats, but if you're relying on a stupid slashdot "poll" then I have a bridge to sell to you
btw Linus doesn't read slashdot
I simply ignore him and I'm sure many other people do. He's not the main force pushing linux-it's companies like IBM, Oracle as well as many people who find that it just works better than NT. It's all about Linux vs. Microsoft not free software vs spending a few bucks. And people who push open source are pointing out that it helps create better software (sometimes) without any of this lala pie in the sky stuff that has nothing to do with how the real world operates.
What about linux with a commercial x server and kde? That's not gnu/linux but that's the linux I'd like to see
the Hitler thing is a bit too much but besides that you're basically right. RMS is a fanatic and while he had his 15 minutes of fame, we must move on. Hey, if it wasn't for Bill Gates we would still be using expensive proprietary IBM PC's. That doesn't mean we should go with MS. Same for RMS
heh maybe it's because you don't have any ideas of your own or maybe you don't appreciate the amount of work, time and money that goes into some ideas. The industrial economy is over. Welcome to the information economy where ideas-not goods- are produced and sold. Linus understands this perfectly-he understands that there is a place for open-source as well as proprietary. That's the rational approach. RMS and MS represent the irrational extremes
Commercial X servers are much better. Check out www.xig.com
I'd like to see a linux distro with a commercial x server and KDE. It should be called New Linux-better, faster and easier to use. Who knows-I think that's what Corel may be working on
hmm Netscape does that anyway even with no java
Wordperfect has a better spellchecker than the one you're now using.
yeah...more stable than gnome
nope it's back up...and still sucks
http://www.operasoftware.com/graphics/
the rendering engine and GUI is. Dunno about the networking code though I know they're doing something about it
Wonder what OS they're using?