Ubuntu KDE

[s.roman]

I gotta meet that girl...

By the way, is there some drawback to using some lightweight DE like
xfce4? I mean you can customize it just as well and configuration
through console always works too, so what's the point of having
something like KDE or Gnome, except many gui options and eye candy?



On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:39:06 -0500, Travis Newman
<panickedthumb at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK guys, how about this, to put an end to the argument (maybe).
> 
> Ubuntu keeps going as it has been with Gnome as the default desktop
> environment. It works well for it, and there's no point in changing
> that. BUT WAIT! They said their in talks with KDE devs to get everything
> working top-notch in Ubuntu, right? That means that soon users will be
> able to download KDE and not worry about it not working properly. Why
> not put it on the cd, you may ask? Well, because it would go over 1 cd,
> and that's something that the devs are very committed to, and I
> appreciate that. Maybe they'll one day have a second optional cd that
> can be ordered separately, but who knows? Still, KDE is not going to go
> on the cd unless it replaces Gnome, which I don't see happening because
> of the work that's already gone into Gnome, and the fact that there are
> about a zillion KDE based distros out there. I don't have anything
> against KDE, and while it's not my choice, it's pretty good. But it's
> fruitless to change the course of development so drastically at this
> point. So.
> 
> 1. Ubuntu will probably never SHIP with KDE
> 2. Ubuntu will support KDE in the future (or so it seems) so that people
> can download it and install it and not have to worry about it not working.
> 3. No amount of arguing on the mailing list will change either of these,
> I don't think.
> 
> So I can use Gnome, you can use KDE, the guy over there can use Fluxbox,
> the girl down the street can use FVWM. So who cares? Seriously.
> 
> Travis
> 
> 
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