On 04/05/06, Mark H. Harris
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 21:43, kai wrote:
I can very easily see the tide slowly turning from one of emphatic support of KDE to that of simple maintenance.
I am amazed at some of the comments on this thread. Ok, basics... Linux is not Winblows... the desktop is *not* tied to the OS in Linux... the desktop is *not* tied to the distribution in Linux... Suse doesn't support the KDE desktop, the KDE community supports the KDE desktop... If Suse ever ships without KDE (and it won't anytime soon) I will add the KDE desktop myself. Suse (Novel) is an elegant packaged distribution. If it ever stops being an elegant packaged distribution (Do I hear Oracle/Ellis coming?) then someone else will come along and represent the linux OS community with a new elegant packaged distribution. In the mean time, any packaged distribution is like Legos... infinitely configurable... you don't like it---then change it. It isn't complete---then add to it. I have used Gnome & KDE for several years... I prefer KDE, but I like being able to switch between them... and sometimes I even use twm (tiny window manager) with no desktop at all!
Use TCL/TK for the gui, Use C for the guts, use Java for nothing.
I'll roll some replies up into one. First Andreas, I know that you are being 100% sincere but, I only reported to the list what another SuSE/ Novell employee has stated and is in print in the public domain. I added my thoughts and made it quite explicit that they were my thoughts. I have changed my opinion from previously. I do believe that at some point SuSE/Novell will cease to offer the KDE. That doesn't mean that we, as SuSE customers/users cannot install it ourselves of course. SuSE/Novell do indeed support the KDE at this present moment. Their are specific tweaks added by SuSE/Novell to the KDE to improve interaction with SuSE. Finally, Kai. Sure, no problem. However, in a day or two the full article may be online where everybody will be able to read it and make their own judgements. If it isn't then I will certainly scan it in if I haven't done so already and I can send it to anybody who desires a copy. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR