Larry Stotler said the following on 05/22/2013 01:47 AM:
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Billie Walsh
wrote: It is my understanding that there are distros out there that are still using KDE3. Just a thought.
And openSUSE is one of them. No one is asking you to use KDE3. I use it. I prefer it. Even now KDE4 is not something I like(& I've used the current version). There is also the Trinity project which is working on keeping KDE3 going.
Are you gonna complain because my son's laptop runs XP, which is a 12 year old operating system? Or that I run MacOS 9.2.2 on my Powerbook 3400?
What exactly was the point of this? Those of use who use kde3 have a mailing list we use now. Linux is about choice. I CHOOSE not to use KDE4(I could care less about the "semantic desktop" or any of the other useless features added to it), Gnome3 or the others. Get over it.
The point is, Larry, that you are 100% correct. As you say, no-one is forcing me to use KDE3. Likewise you are making it clear that no-one is forcing you to use KDE4. The point the Billie and others make is that there are some people who DON'T GET IT and think that they don't have the option you are making, that there is a conspiracy against them, rather than a natural line of development. I can think of many valid reasons to stick with MacOS and if I was a Windows user I'd still be using XP for the simple reason that the subsequent changes have to do with marketing pizazz rather than any read development. You and I may disagree about KDE4, but that's fine. I like parts of KDE4 so much over KDE3 that I can live with the parts of KDE4 that I can't disable, and I *can* disable most of them. Options again, eh? :-) I've been called 'intolerant' a couple of times this week because I've adopted your attitude of not seeing the point of bitching when there are choices and saying "Get Over it". I'm happy to join you in your "intolerance" for such petty nonsense and do wish that we could remove the moaning and bitching about change -- oh and some of the misinformation promulgated by the moaners and bitchers -- from this list not only because they don't contribute but because their antagonistic attitude poisons the forum and discourages the less technically advanced. -- The more laws and restrictions there are, The poorer people become. The sharper men's weapons, The more trouble in the land. The more ingenious and clever men are, The more strange things happen. The more rules and regulations, The more thieves and robbers. -- The Tao Te Ching -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org