Installing and newbies

[Neil Winchurst]

On Fri, 9 May 2008 16:37:10 +0100
Neil Winchurst <neil at holsdev.vispa.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 09 May 2008 10:02:04 -0300
> Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > 
> > > I agree with you, I will never choose Gnome. However, I don't
> > > understand this business of 'they're not KDE apps'. I use the Gimp
> > > for example, which I am told is not a KDE app. So what?? Am I missing
> > > something again here?
> > 
> > And you're welcome to install it - I'd be surprised if anybody who does much
> > with images on this list doesn't use it - but KDE is aiming to be a
> > complete desktop solution, so why would they install a product that
> > everybody agrees is _not_ suitable for newbies, when they have their own
> > product, krita, which is at least as good as you'll find preinstalled on a
> > Windows system?
> > -- 
> > derek
> > 
> You are the second one on this thread to mention krita. I must have a
> look at it.
> 
> Neil
> 
I have just had a look for krita, and I find that it is not installed
as a default in Gutsy, so it is not just the Gimp which is missing.

Neil