On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:53:00 -0700 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote: > > your KDE session. But again, it's not something that the user would > > normally want to do: the whole point of using a desktop environment > > is to avail of a set of consistent software components rather than > > to adopt a mix-and-match approach. > > Sez who? Name the consistency here: > Writing this in Thunderbird (GTK), running under KDE (Qt), with Gaim > running to chat with my wife (GTK?) and browsing with Opera (Qt) > because Firefox (GTK) started puking on me. Meanwhile I had OOo open > for some writing not too long ago (Java & ??). > Long may such choice and diversity be available. However a desktop environment will also feature components such as a window manager, panel, root window manager, confuration tools, and so on, which simply do not lend themselves to "switching" from within a given environment. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]