GNOME isn't for UNIX

GNOME isn't for UNIX

Posted Dec 13, 2005 22:51 UTC (Tue) by jmorris42 (subscriber, #2203)
In reply to: GNOME v. KDE, December 2005 edition by justi9
Parent article: GNOME v. KDE, December 2005 edition

> while they are not focused on the unix-familiar user

Which is exactly my problem with GNOME. You see, I am a UNIX user. If I were a Mac user I would buy a Mac. If I wanted the Windows look and feel I wouldn't switch to KDE, I'd buy an XP license.

We have a crisis brought about by our success. These non unix folk migrated in because Windows sucked donkey balls throughout the 90's and is still not ready for prime time and Macs are overpriced straightjackets. They have no interest in our ways and expect US to assimilate into their culture and like most of Western Civilization, most of us are only too willing to surrender, lacking the confidence that our Ways, Customs and Culture are worthy of preserving and teaching to the immigrants.

Make GNOME easy to use for most tasks? Heck yea, I am no fan of overcomplication. But we need a graphical face for UNIX that looks like it belongs on a UNIX system. Remember that old fortune line, "Unix IS user friendly, it is just particular who it's friends are."? We don't need 100% market penetration for any one graphical interface and probably will never see anything achieve it, because one size doesn't fit all. The question is which group of users does GNOME want, and increasingly it is becoming apparent that people like myself are NOT in the target audience for either GNOME or KDE.

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