On Monday 09 August 2004 14:32, Fred Miller wrote:
NOVELL TO UNLEASH LINUX DESKTOP IN FALL
Novell demonstrated a prototype called the Novell Linux Desktop last week at LinuxWorld. The corporate Linux desktop merges technology acquired from SuSE Linux and Ximian Corp and is due to ship in the fall.
Man, I hope they don't blow it. I have been *so* put off of Gnome(after being a vocal advocate many versions ago) - I've come to really embrace KDE. On the surface, this appears to be a sway of technologies based on acquisitions rather than common sense, although the Mono aspect of it makes a lot of sense. Mono and Gnome are tied at the hip, of course. I would go back to Gnome if they lost the condescending attitude towards the user re: window manager and other things. I really don't like running both Gnome and KDE in the same session - too much bloat...and one of the things I liked about Pro 9.1 was the focus on KDE. Are they being distracted away from the better desktop? Time will tell... J.C. P.S. I don't mean to start a Gnome/KDE flame war - I know each has it's strengths and lots of users like Gnome. That's cool - that's why I love Linux: choice. I just started to have problems when one of the main architects behind it told me that application developers would need to recode their app to work around Metacity's lack of configurability. :P -- John Coldrick www.axyzfx.com Axyz Animation Houdini/Renderman/Discreet 425 Adelaide St W 416-504-0425 Toronto, ON Canada jc@axyzfx.com M5V 1S4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ah say, son, you're about as sharp as a bowlin' ball.