On 12/4/2008 at 1:28 PM, "Carlos E. R."
wrote: Security updates, software compatibility.
KDE3 is to be defined EOL pretty soon and no much more support is probably going to fly into this. So you WANT to use KDE4, but you want it to be exactly like KDE3? Doesn't make to much sense then. Grab a team of some good friends, take over the KDE3 branch! If SO many people want this, I'm sure it can't be that difficult to find some talented people that start working on this.
You forget the part about "Linux supports old hardware, you do not
need to
keep buying new hardware every three years, as the windows users have to do". What you are proposing is the Microsoft way of business, for Linux. Good for hardware companies (and for companies selling new version of
existing software), bad for users.
Linux is the kernel and supports perfeclty old hardware. If you require a GUI, there are plenty of variations around. What would be your reaction if the KDE team would decide: oh... we don't want to continue.. we abandon the project (unlikely, but can happen1)
Forcing users to buy new hardware is not the way for Linux.
Nobody forces you... but if you want new things, they might require newer hardware... surprised?? I hardly manage to get openSUSE 11.1 installed on my old 386sx20 with 16MB RAM, whereas Slackware 4 worked great on this machine (including X!)
This is not Microsoft.
RIGHT: Get your team and start maintaining the KDE3 branch! you could not do this with any random CS product (Intentionally not limited to MS) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org