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David E. Edwards writes:
> I'm still a relative newcomer to Linux (Jan '97), but I can see that day when
> I will be Microsoft free coming very soon.
Always an admirable goal. Unfortunately, I'm saddled with Win95. :(
I'm too much of a game addict.
> This weekend, I downloaded (with a miserably slow ftp connection) the KDE
> RPM's (there are tarballs and '.deb' files available also) and seamlessly
> installed KDE Beta2 onto my Caldera Openlinux Lite vs 1.1 system.
> NOw, I'm not a Win95 fan - I prefer OS/2 and Mac, and only use windowing
> systems because I have to. KDE just might change my mind. It is, IMHO, the
> one FREE package that could take Linux to the average home - it is a REAL
> nice desktop -- and definitely worth a look-see.
I've heard some good things about it, also. One thing that has made
me leary of it, though, is the integration of the web browser. I
didn't like this idea when it first came up in Win98, and I'm still
not too keen on it. There are also a couple other design decisions
that have made me hold off on trying it out, but these are more
personal preferences than my considering it "bad design".
> Briefly - it incorporates the useful functions of Win95; OS/2 and MAC. I've
> read that it looks a little like CDE; and there are some very nice tools with
It was originally inspired by CDE.
> it. (The CD audioplayer IMO was the cleanest I've heard - but I'm sure there
> are better one's out there).
> (AND the only one that gives me - A Leftie - true alternative mouse settings)
> Find info. at WWW.KDE.ORG
> Just one mans opinion.
Personally, I think the KDE is a good thing. I also think that
related projects, like Gnome, are also good. I also think that the
Gtk vs. Qt debate has been overdone a bit (I can see the arguments on
both sides, I just think they've gone overboard). Besides giving a
clean, consistent interface to the desktop, I think there are
performance gains to be had from everything using the same sets of
libraries, i.e. the graphical toolkit.
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