On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:23:59 +0100 Anne Wilson got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:
> > Let us hope they are. If Mandriva ever turns into a KDE based > > distribution I'll be heading for the nearest exit. > > I don't see why there is all this paranoia about kde. You don't have to > use it, and you can use k* packages under any wm if you want them, > loading only the libraries and plugins that you need. Just use what > you want and ignore the rest. It's all about choice, remember? Exactly. But what if Mandriva decides to integrate KDE even further into the OS itself, so that some or all of that choice is taken away? What I'm concerned with is a situation where certain functionality of the OS is tied to KDE-based services. Wanna burn a CD? Gotta have k-whatever-service running. Wanna play sound? Gotta have k-someorother-daemon chugging away in the background. Basically, I'm worried that Mandriva is spending more time making KDE 'friendly' to Windows users, and less time just making the OS work as it should. I'm *hoping* someone is going to tell me I'm way off base on this, which they usually do ;-) 'Que sera sera'! LOL! -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
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