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  1. Re:Did KDE survive KDE3-KDE4? on Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? · · Score: 1

    Not for the first time today do I say, "We'll always have Window Maker".

  2. Re:It's just so sluggish now on Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? · · Score: 1

    Yet it works for me and suits my workflow quite well.

    I *like* having a tabbed terminal that shows up and goes away at a keypress.

    Yakuake has several menus, not sure how you're missing those. What need does a terminal window, not really being a GUI app, have for a GUI-style File|Edit|View|etc. in any case?

    Not sure what you mean about it not showing up on the taskbar--do you mean that it doesn't appear in a pager or task-switcher? I have several apps that don't show up in those places, *nor do I want them to*. (E.g. the right-hand 100px or so of all my desktops is occupied by gkrellm. I know it's there--I *expect* it, in fact--I don't want it minimised, I seldom need to interact with it directly... So, no need for it to show up in the task-switcher.)

    Although I've not actually used it in a few years, I seem to recall that—before someone turned me on to Yakuake—I didn't care much at all for Konsole, and always just used XTerm instead.

    So whatever floats your boat, I guess. Sorry if my suggestion offended you in some fashion.

  3. Re: Scary on Computer Science Professor Mocks The NSA's Buggy Code (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    If he'd stopped at "viewing a picture is innocent", you (and he) might have a point. But when he went on with, "for an activity that didn't harmed [sic] anyone" he revealed an agenda that most folks who aren't paedos would take issue with.

  4. Re: The real issue on Computer Science Professor Mocks The NSA's Buggy Code (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    And it is the time for a US President who brings to light just how worthless most of the US foreign allies are. The foreign allies are scared to death that they might actually have to become responsible for their own security instead of expecting the US to do it for them. If some country wants US military protection they should expect an invoice with at least 50% due up front.

    So you think it's really in the best interests of the US to let Putin reconstruct the USSR/Warsaw Pact as he seems intent on doing? And have you noticed all the Russian activity in the Middle East of late...? Guess not.

    As soon as Trump started the spewing the utter horseshit which you parrot above, it became obvious he was either working for Putin, or might as well be.

    Trump/Putin in 2016! It even rhymes, hey...

  5. Re:A view from a user on Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? · · Score: 1

    ... Konqueror does indeed seem dead and I don't think there are enough developers who want it working to revive it.

    Dolphin works quite well and is highly configurable. Give it a spin.

    Although your remarks concerning Akonadi are spot-on. What the heck does a DE need its own DB server running all the time for anyway? (Especially given that MariaDB is NOT by any stretch of the imagination a drop-in replacement for MySQL, which I *do* need on my system, but that's for another rant...)

  6. Re:Did KDE survive KDE3-KDE4? on Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've been using KDE for over a decade, and in fact am using it right now. Feel free to call me a noob if that makes you feel better, though.

  7. Re:It's just so sluggish now on Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? · · Score: 1

    People actually use Konsole? Given that Yakuake is a thing?

  8. Re:konqueror best filemanager on Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? · · Score: 3, Informative

    That was true 3-4 years ago, but no longer. You should really try out Dolphin--I think you'll find that it now has all the useful features from Konq. It also supports the fish: handler for protocol-agnostic remote usage (FTP, SSH, etc.).

  9. Re:How Active Does Development Need to Be? on Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? · · Score: 1

    KMail is nice and fast for opening linked/downloaded .eml files. May not be part of your workflow, but it's a daily part of mine.

    (In one of our bug systems, patches to a given bug automatically get attached to that bug report's page from the generated commit mails as .eml files.)

    But I use TBird for "real" mail.

  10. Re: What does Netcraft say? on Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Given the considerable lengths to which MS has gone over the last 20 years in its attempts to strangle any other, nascent desktop OS in the crib, I think it's pretty fucking remarkable that we even have any alternatives at all.

    Fuck the numbers. What matters is this: Do we still have choices? Yes? Then I really don't give a shit about how many people make choices that I don't make. Let them. I don't follow the Kardashians, either.

    And FWIW--long-time KDE user here. The Plasma/workspaces stuff is boneheaded but can safely be ignored. Otherwise, I'm still liking it pretty well. If that ever changes? "We'll always have Window Maker."

  11. Re:NEWS FBI won't tell you on Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody's exposed anything, other than the fact that you're a raving nutbag.

  12. Re:"exiled whistleblower Edward Snowden" on Snowden Speculates Leak of NSA Spying Tools Is Tied To Russian DNC Hack (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    "Exiled" can also simply mean, "No longer living in one's homeland and disinclined to go back." It's not necessarily a thing that is done *to* someone.

  13. Re:Do Americans actually realize what just happene on Snowden Speculates Leak of NSA Spying Tools Is Tied To Russian DNC Hack (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The correct phrase is, "I tasted bile." Leave it to Americans to be both ignorant AND disgusting, *sigh*.

    (Before you mod me as a troll--yes, I'm American, and yes, I do know what I'm talking about.)

  14. Re:NO NO NO FBI, HE DEFECTED .. NOT EXILED. on Snowden Speculates Leak of NSA Spying Tools Is Tied To Russian DNC Hack (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    "Exiled" is perfectly applicable. Quit trying to assign your own made-up meanings to words and you'll be much happier.

  15. Re: Nokia doesn't(didn't) just make phones on Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    "Devices" can mean lots of things.

  16. Re:NEWS FBI won't tell you on Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Then USE ANOTHER FUCKING DISTRO already. There's more than one, you know.

    Geeeeeez.

  17. Re:The truth about the riots and BLM on Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Mismoderation Alert: Should be +1, Funny, as no-one linking to something like that instead of an actual website could possibly be serious.

  18. Re:A whaaaaatttttt? on NASA: July 2016 Was Earth's Warmest Month On Record (weather.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's too bad you didn't transcribe the flatulence, which likely contained more useful information than your post.

    Let me spell out the obvious for you:

    1. Warmer + dryer conditions than normal -> greater chance of forest fires.

    2. Warmer conditions -> long-frozen bodies of animals that died from anthrax thaw out, releasing $guess_what into the environment.

  19. Re:Something he and I agree on. on Tim Cook: Privacy Is Worth Protecting (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice one.

  20. Re:What? Please post stories in English on Hackers Claim To Be Selling NSA Cyberweapons In Online Auction (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1
  21. You do mean "Cascade of Dyslexic Teens", right?

  22. Re:Curious, he stopped being a PoC on One Year in Jail For Abusive Silicon Valley CEO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a joke, right? You are not advocating that slashdot readers first consult some anonymous diskhead as an authoritative source.

    TFTFY.

  23. Re:Slashclickbaitdot headlines on Has The NSF Automated Coding with ExCAPE? (adtmag.com) · · Score: 1

    The answer is always NO.

  24. Re:Learning language on Has The NSF Automated Coding with ExCAPE? (adtmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Learning how to conjugate ser and estar doesn't help you speak Spanish, either.

    Oh, wait...

  25. Re: Wrong again on Linux Developer Loses GPL Suit Against VMware (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    The old "moo" mentality? For all you know the MOOs at MOOware wipe their asses with toilet paper with MOO printed on it.

    By reading this post you implicitly moo that you're a cow.

    I'm pretty sure that's what you actually meant. Happy Monday!