Re: Gnome Desktop Only

Eric Hartwell <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:14:30 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.limbo
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so your suggestion is "if you want kde then use dont use redhat" 

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kde (as i am aware) has more desktops out there than gnome

On Wednesday 25 September 2002 20:44, Epps, Aaron M. wrote:
> I've got the agree with the one Desktop approach.  I mean, just think about
> how much development time and energy Red Hat has wasted on KDE.  No offense
> to the KDE lovers out there, but come on, rarely do you ever see anyone
> running RedHat Linux with the KDE Desktop.  As stated before, if someone
> prefers KDE chances are that they're going to be using Mandrake of SuSE.  I
> just think that the developer's time would be better spent working on
> Gnome's new set of Configuration Tools, etc...  Not to mention they could
> get rid of those ridiculously cartoonish new icons.  Does Red Hat really
> have such a large KDE user base that they run the risk of losing loyal
> Gnome users by redesigning the Desktops to look & function similiarly?  I
> think it's more important for Red Hat to conform to the New Gnome 2 User
> Interface standards.   In short, drop KDE, don't risk losing your Gnome
> users for the sake of KDE, focus on what you're good at, Gnome, and conform
> to the Gnome 2 UI Standards.   N! ow, I don't want to start another rant
> about the new look, I just used this example to illustrate a point.  I'm
> curious to hear what some of the GNOME Developers @ Red Hat have to say
> about this.
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