Re: Gnome, KDE flamebait

[Cory Watson <gphat midtnn net>]

At 10:56 AM 2/14/00 -0500, Steve Homer wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>As a traditional Gnome user (who really likes some of the recent KDE
>developments) I have a few points of conversation.

I follow KDE, although I do not personally run it, and I've been very
impressed with their ability to churn out new stuff.  Bully for you guys!

>Flaming on this thread as far as I am concerned is an absolute must! Strong
>emotions can lead to clarification of issues. Let's just try and avoid
>getting personal for the sake of it. There is some incredible work being
>done on both sides, my interest is leveraging this work and
>cross-fertilization.

Steve is alluding to sexual motives here, I believe;)

>a) How can we make Gnome and KDE work together in a nice clean way??? 

IMHO, I've always taken offense when someone has suggested that GNOME and
KDE work together, or become one entity.  I find it sportslike that the two
can compete in a friendly manner.  I don't claim to do anything horribly
important for either movement, except the occasional bug report, and trying
to help individuals who post to the list, but I enjoy the sense of
competition that I feel when I see that KDE has posted a new version, or
something to that effect;)  It makes me wanna grab some caffiene, and
squash bugs for Gnome!  I think the competitive, yet friendly spirit drives
both projects to create new and better code.  There should definitely be
areas where the two should mix, but I prefer to have a choice when it comes
to my Linux desktop (although its not limited to Linux mind you), something
I have no control over on most other platforms.

Is there problems when people try and work together across KDE and GNOME?
I've never tried;)

>b) What are the relative advantages of both systems (dangerous question I
>know, I ask merely to see which parts of each others code would be sensible
>to steal (one of the major advantages of GPLness))

I've never compared them on a level like what you are asking for, nor am I
familiar enough with the underlying systems of KDE to properly criticize
anyone on either side, so I'll tip my hat to someone who knows more than me;)

>Feel free to yell at me, if you think this post is inappropriate.

GEEZ STEVE WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!! ;)

>PS I'm ducking already!

This isn't flame bait, it's a valid question.  Flamebait would be 'KDE
sucks!  Gnome rules!' followed by a shpleel written by someone who
obviously has never used either one.



Cory Watson
Systems Administrator
midtnn.net