Re: 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Member Choice Awards KDE News Article

Hey,

It looks good :-) I've forwarded it on to the Dot's editorial team - they 
(which includes me) will make any edits needed, get back to you if there's any 
need for more information and get it published.

One thing for you to check - do you have an account already on dot.kde.org? We 
need that to set you up as the author for the article. If not, please set one 
up. Then just send a mail to [email protected] with your dot username.

Thanks for writing the article, it looks great to me.

Cheers,
Stu

On Friday 02 March 2012 18:17:41 heathmatlock wrote:
> Here's the TechRadar that should be linked to as well:
> http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/what-s-the-best-lin
> ux-desktop-environment--1045280
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:16 PM, heathmatlock <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi, Lydia asked me to write something up concerning the
> > LinuxQuestions.org member choice awards, here it is:
> > 
> > The 2011 Members Choice Awards from LinuxQuestions.org(0) wrapped up
> > this year and KDE was voted best Desktop Environment of the Year. Many
> > users remember others abandoning ship after the initial 4.0 release,
> > but now popular opinion has shifted back in favor of KDE. Tech Radar
> > agrees and has also declared KDE the best desktop environment, stating
> > that the activities manager wows them and the interface doesn't impede
> > their execution of simple tasks. Even Chris from the Linux Action Show
> > is switching back to KDE!(1) Joking aside, there weren't many reasons
> > given for why the users at LinuxQuestions.org chose KDE, but there
> > were some complaints from users on why they decided against KDE.
> > 
> > Most KDE advocates are well accustomed to others citing bloat as a
> > reason not to use KDE, and the comments left by the forum users seemed
> > to have a similar sentiment. I've came to accept that this opinion is
> > simply not well formulated. KDE's codebase is slim and modular, it's
> > performance is just as good as other desktops(1), and it has the
> > underlying codebase to make for an extremely useful, intelligent
> > system. The default KDE desktop shipped by most distributions isn't
> > going to be suitable for older desktops, but that doesn't mean it
> > won't work on older systems. This is a scenario where the statements
> > have some truth, even if most of us would know how to remove services
> > that hinder performance. But there are still aspects of KDE which some
> > Linux users find unsuitable, for instance, Dragon, Kaffeine,
> > Konqueror, Kopete, and Krita all lost in their respective categories.
> > What can be learned from this situation? What are the expectations for
> > these applications, and what do they not find suitable about the KDE
> > apps available? These are questions definitely worth pursuing if we
> > want KDE software to retain and improve upon its relevancy to desktop
> > users.
> > 
> > Two individual applications did come away as winners this year. Amarok
> > scored the Audio Media Player of the Year award and Dolphin was
> > selected as the best file manager. Congratulations to these teams and
> > all the clever individuals working together to make KDE the best
> > desktop available in 2011!
> > 
> > 
> > (0)
> > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-news-59/2011-linuxquestio
> > ns-org-members-choice-award-winners-928502/
> > 
> > (1)
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-1iYRkYtyxA#t=
> > 1095s
> > 
> > (2) Gaming/Graphics Performance of several Desktop Environments:
> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1204_desktops
> > Note compositing may have been turned on, and if it was, this speaks
> > volumes concerning the amount of bloat KDE truly contains. See also
> > Martin Gräßlin's comments concerning these benchmarks:
> > http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2012/02/about-compositors-and-game
> > -rendering-performance/
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Here are some nice graphs to possibly include with the article:
> > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2011mca.php
> > --
> > Heath Matlock
> > +1 256 274 4225
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Stuart Jarvis
KDE Marketing Working Group, Promotion Team and KDE.News

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