Religious war? no thanks.

[Hyrcan]

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Amen to that!  ;)

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:33:44 -0600
"Chris Jones" wrote:
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| I, for one, would like fewer people saying things like "heathens", "holy
| words", "missionaries" and generally making out like Gnome/KDE/Linux are
| some kind of religion.
|
| It's just software, people. If it's good and it works then people will use
| it. If you preach at people they will ignore you.
|

Seriously though, this is a major internal problem I see in the Linux
Community.  Everyone has their preferences, their preferred apps, and a
good GNU/Linux distribution will be able to run them, if the apps have
been written well.  This does not mean that a distribution should
necessarily  have full time developers that support every app, but a
simple commitment to provide a stable consistent GNU/Linux foundation.
Ubuntu provides that by being Debian based.  But that also doesn't mean
that Ubuntu can't polish up their default software to make the
distribution as marketable as a product as possible.  Ubuntu and
Canonical also has a responsibility to use their resources as
efficiently and effectively as possible.  So whether or not a dedicated
developer is possible depends on that.

Of course if the default Debian KDE install has problem then that points
at a problem with the GNU/Linux base and should be looked into.  If it's
something that the Ubuntu developers changed to make <insert default app
here> then the reason should be compelling and it should be well
documented as to what, how, and why...thus easily changeable.  If it's a
problem with the Debian base, then we need to see how we can help the
get fixed at the source.

No Linux distribution will be able to be all things to everyone, but
they can at least be a base point to get where you want to go.
Application Integration, easy of use, speed these things are and should
be addressed at the DM/App level not necessarily that of the
distributions.

On a personal note, I love Gnome 2.8's interface over KDE's as has been
pointed our by others, Gnome's interface is very clean, and refreshing.
~ But using 300-400MB of RAM/SWAP just to run Evolution and Firefox is a
bit excessive...and unacceptable for me. (and if this isn't normal let
me know)...  KDE's speed and responsiveness is incredible, the cool
things you can do with the side bar are very handy, but the always there
or not buttons on the toolbar and the cramp feeling when one goes to the
menus can give a user a headache, and whats with the odd text
highlighting (ok so that part is probably just me)...

See they both rock, and suck... which is of course why I use
Crystal-FVWM and the ROX-Filer...   ;)

Telling someone to switch to another distribution because they are
different and don't use your preferences is just plain silly, and goes
against what ubuntu means, and what UbuntuLinux stands for.

I love Ubuntu, and the philosophy behind the name, which is why I use it.


Hyrcan
software atheist/secular humanist

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