Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 11:33:44 -0500 From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> To: marko@uk.radan.com Cc: jcwells@u.washington.edu, tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lets Endorse KDE Was: some slashdot thread Message-ID: <19990201113344W.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Feb 1999 14:51:56 %2B0000" <36B5BF8C.6436A42D@uk.radan.com> References: <36B5BF8C.6436A42D@uk.radan.com>
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> > An easy to use and very nice GUI exists for FreeBSD. No hacking required. > Here is the million dollar question: Do we want to plug KDE as the default > GUI for FreeBSD? I don't. Ick. > > I say let's do it. > I object. :-) > It requires no change in direction for the FreeBSD project. I know Jordan > said "server server server" and I completely respect that. FreeBSD doesn't > have to become desktop-centric _AT ALL_. The KDE people can do it for us. >From my experiences with KDE, I wouldn't trust their people to walk my dog. > KDE, KDE, KDE. Do you really wanna jump? Do you? Common let's do it! Jump? I was thinking about a push :-) It's at least as important to provide a stable experience for new users. I do not believe that KDE can do this now, maybe ever. Is it really that important to attract a horde of whiny Windows users into FreeBSD? They can't read, don't contribute, and consume the resources of an already stressed development team. I'd much rather see elements which attract professional technologists to FreeBSD, people who can bring something in with them. Looking around, it seems that FreeBSD is doing that pretty well although improvements can always be made. I remember something Terry said about the masses... Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net > Catchya Later, | Give me UNIX or give me a typewriter. > Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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