On Sun, 2018-10-21 at 04:15 -0400, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d wrote: > […] > > That's pure nonsense: It's Linux - unless one option actually goes > away > (KDE is still actively used and developed), then there's no such > thing > as one "winning" over the other.
Hardly nonsense. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora all prefer GNOME over KDE, so GTK+ over Qt. > It IS a big problem that far too many people (mainly developers > coming > directly from the Windows world who have decided to half-ass a Linux > port) have decided to erroneously equate "Linux" with "GTK-based DE" > these days, but that's a far cry from saying that GTK/GNOME/Unity > "won > out" over Qt/KDE. People coming from Windows or macOS are genreally unaware of the notion of choice when it comes to UI. That Linux provides a choice is clearly alien to them. That I have chosen GNOME over KDE is a personal choice, but I like having the choice: I like that others can choose KDE or Cinnamon or whatever. […] > Programmers writing GUI apps often like GTK. Nobody else does. From > a > programmer standpoint, it may very well be nice. But that's > irrelevant, > because from the user standpoint, GTK is, and has always been, a > steaming pool of diarrhea, even if you ARE using GNOME/Unity. GTK+ is fine and dandy. That you do not like it is your choice, and that is fine. -- Russel. =========================================== Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk
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