ubuntu and kubuntu

Scott geekboy at angrykeyboarder.com
Sat Sep 2 20:30:15 UTC 2006


I really need to do a better proofreading job...

Scott wrote:

> GNOME developers tend to treat users like idiots.  In the past few years 
> it seems to have gotten worse with each release.
> 
> A wise man once said:
> 
> "This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of
> Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will
> use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long
> since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.
> 
> Please, just tell people to use KDE."[1]
> 
> 
> I agree with all but the last sentence.  I prefer to use both.  There 
> are things I like about both KDE and GNOME (e.g. better than the other).

And what I meant here was...

I agree with the spirit of that statement.  I prefer to use both.  There
are things I like about both KDE and GNOME (e.g. better than the other).

> 
> I was in GNOME when I wrote this.
> 
> GNOME is simpler and in some aspects that's a good thing, in others it's 
> not.  It comes down to personal preference.
> 
> I find that GNOME looks less like KDE OR Mac OSX than KDE does.  GNOME 
> is just "unique".
> 

What I meant to write was "I find that GNOME looks less like *Windows* 
OR Mac OS X than KDE does.  GNOME is just "unique".

UGH. Yeah, I really need a proofreader..

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	Scott
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