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Desktop Flamebait?
Desktop Flamebait?
Posted Aug 17, 2005 15:46 UTC (Wed) by GreyWizard (subscriber, #1026)Parent article: Sun's Linux killer shows promise (Register)
KDE is certainly more popular than Gnome among Linux users, and most would agree that it's by far the better of the two desktops.
Is there a source to support this contention or is it just bigoted flaimbait?
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Desktop Flamebait?
Posted Aug 17, 2005 16:06 UTC (Wed) by AJWM (subscriber, #15888) [Link]
Well, see all the gripes about Gnome posted to the GTK article from a few days ago, for starters.
Shrug. I prefer KDE, so for me, KDE is better -- although there are a couple of Gnome apps I use with it. If someone can come up with an objective measurement of "better" for desktops, then we can have a rational discussion about it.
Desktop Flamebait?
Posted Aug 17, 2005 16:15 UTC (Wed) by GreyWizard (subscriber, #1026) [Link]
I don't begrudge you a preference for KDE -- or even gripes about Gnome. I happen to prefer Gnome and have gripes about KDE, but whatever. We can agree to disagree. What we must not do is make unsubstantiated factual claims. The article seems to have crossed the line by claiming a vast popularity gap in favor of KDE. That is an objective and measurable claim. Is it also true? Then show me the evidence. Otherwise, don't claim KDE is more popular on the strength of a few local anecdotes.
Desktop Flamebait?
Posted Aug 17, 2005 16:53 UTC (Wed) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]
Yeah, it's flamebait for sure.Five years ago it probably would have generated 100+ comments, and maybe still would on slashdot. But both Gnome and KDE have gotten so big that they've had the fun squeezed out of them. It seems that not many people care to debate this anymore, other than maybe people closely associated with either of the projects. It's sort of like debating which is the better car, a Buick or a Mercury. Who cares.
I find it interesting that keybindings generate more passion now days than either Gnome or KDE.
Desktop Flamebait?
Posted Aug 19, 2005 17:49 UTC (Fri) by acli (guest, #31955) [Link]
Flamebait or not, for non-English users there is an objective test, namely support of their non-English languages.
KDE cannot display Chinese properly in many cases. Case closed.
Desktop Flamebait?
Posted Aug 17, 2005 19:10 UTC (Wed) by oak (subscriber, #2786) [Link]
Well, at home I prefer the KDE desktop, but Gnome applications. :-)
And on my 300Mhz laptop I don't have a desktop at all, just a window manger (icewm). I wonder what is the article writer's definition of a desktop?
Btw. The reason why I prefer KDE desktop is KMail as at work I've started to really dislike Evolution (I need to use it at work as on my RedHat for some reason all KDE program crash).
Evolution (1.x version) is full of all kinds of little annoyances; copy of editor window text disappears after the window is closed, it freezes often (mainly with calendar mails, but also with ldap and e.g. when I got 30 000 bugmails from Bugzilla in 5 mins.), opening new mail window is slow etc. On the positive side it has never lost a mail (unlike older Mozilla mailer) and works quite well with MS-Exchange (as compared to e.g. older Thunderbird version), its usage (responsiveness etc.) is just more annoying than of any other mailer.
Desktop Flamebait?
Posted Aug 17, 2005 22:20 UTC (Wed) by TwoTimeGrime (guest, #11688) [Link]
The Register is the National Enquirer of the IT world. I'd take everything they say with a huge grain of salt and do your own investigation before believing any of their "facts."