Larry Stotler wrote:
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Per Inge Oestmoen
wrote: But you should care - KDE 4 is and should be the version to be developed in the future. Thus it is important to ensure that it holds high configurability and functionality - and of course is made to be user-friendly. There is no contradictions here - quite the contrary!
The problem is that the vision that the current devs have is different from what the KDE philosophy has been for a long time. I'm not against making things easier to use for new users, but it would seem that a whole slew of things have been "forgotten" about when it comes to KDE4.
Are you completely sure about that? I personally incline to the belief that the explanation is lack of communication: In order to have configurability, choice, features and functionality, the developers must be informed about the need to include the relevant features.
Look at it this way, as bad as WinDoZe is, look how many people are staying with XP and avoiding Vista like the plague. I prefer 2k myself, because it is easier to setup and uses less resources than XP.
There are even more weighty reasons to prefer Windows 2000 before any other flavor of Windows, and more compelling reasons why we should use Linux. Namely, Product Activation. Who in his or her right mind would entrust his/her personal files and data to a computer whose software cannot be installed without "permission" from a software company and permanent dependence on the availability of a specific activation service to be able to access one's files? In my opinion, Linux cannot ever become dominant on the desktop until most people understand that a computer ought to be user-controlled and the software must be capable of being installed whenever and as many times the user wants - without any activation procedures or other forced ties to a software manufacturer. Per Inge Oestmoen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org