Re: [gtk-list] Re: KDE Gnome Qt gtk--

[atai ece ucsd edu (Andy Tai)]

> As for KDE becoming the premiere desktop for linux, I think that Gnome is
> gaining a tremendous amount of momentum and has the potential to far
> surpass other desktop projects because of the nature of its
> development model, right down to the toolkit.
> (bazaar) --see http://www.ccil.org/~esr/writings/cathedral.html for more
> information about the bazaar model of software development.

I believe KDE also emphasizes the bazaar model... in fact, they would say they
are the true followers of the Linux spirit...

Anyway, these days no one has a monopoly on bazaars.   The thing special about
GNOME is it is an offical GNU project, with the support of Redhat and Debian...
This status makes it the choice for most free software supporters, and it has
enough talents and backing sufficient enough  to become "The Desktop" in the 
long run...

> 
> By the way, I have not taken a hard look at QT.  I am going by the
> discussions that have taken place on various mailing lists, so if i have
> erred in my assumptions, feel free to correct me with extreme prejudice.
> ;) 

Qt is no question the best GUI toolkit for X Windows out there, just looking at
the technical side.   If it is not for the license issue, the world would be
heaven....

I think, gtk is among the LGPLed libraries the one with the most promise to
approach the quality of Qt.   Supporting GNOME is one of the ways to
make gtk improve.  With the ways things are going with GNOME, the free
software community is moving in a very good direction.
 
-- 
Li-Cheng Tai (Andy Tai)                       e-mail: atai@ece.ucsd.edu

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