Subj : Confirming Link
To   : Nightfox
From : Psi-Jack
Date : Sun Jul 19 2015 03:38:00

  Re: Confirming Link
  By: Nightfox to Psi-Jack on Sat Jul 18 2015 11:00 pm

 Ps>> I dunno. I used to utterly hate Gnome 3 when it first came out.
 Ps>> Course, mind you, I hated Gnome in general, never liked Gnome 1 nor
 Ps>> 2. I've been a KDE person a long time for a reason (and still am).

 Ni> A long time ago (around 2000-ish), I remember reading that one of the
 Ni> goals of KDE was to sort of mimic Windows, to make it easier for Windows
 Ni> users to migrate to Linux. Since I was curious to look into alternatives
 Ni> to Windows, I didn't really like the idea of using something that was
 Ni> supposed to be similar to Windows. Thus, I have avoided using KDE. I don't
 Ni> know if KDE abandoned that original goal of being similar to Windows, but
 Ni> from the occasional times I've used KDE and KDE-based apps, it seems like
 Ni> KDE is decent. 

Hmmm. KDE never wanted specifically to mimic Windows. Some of their concepts
came from Windows, to some degree definitely, but they've always maintained a
completely different take on things. Like modularity, the "UNIX" way of things,
not hiding configuration behind obfuscation. Things both Windows and Gnome
actually do. heh

KDE Plasma 5 definitely is already pretty good, though has its little quirks
here and there. At least on my current desktop, which is soon being replaced
back to Fedora from Manjaro. Desktop is always the last to change, but change
is coming. :)

 Ps>> Now, I had a person from Gnome's PR team, after my constant
 Ps>> expression of hatred of it, come to me and told me idealisms behind
 Ps>> why they did their design like they did. I forget exactly what they
 Ps>> all were, but they made.... sense... All of it. He said, try it
 Ps>> again for 2 weeks with that mentality in play, and come back and
 Ps>> tell me what you think... Sure enough... I loved it after that 2
 Ps>> weeks, and I actually TRY to make my KDE mimic some of those
 Ps>> idealogies even today, even though KDE can't quite do it all. 

 Ni> Maybe I'll try Gnome 3 again some time. Perhaps I'm just used to a more
 Ni> traditional desktop.

Yeah, that was my problem too, having the traditional desktop. 

 Ps>> Gnome 3 is certainly better than Unity ever will be, but for me, KDE
 Ps>> always wins. Cinnamon has burned me more than Gnome 3 ever has. 

 Ni> I think I've sometimes confused with Gnome 3 and Unity - For a while I
 Ni> thought they were the same thing. I've used Unity in Ubuntu, and I'm not
 Ni> really keen on it.

Heh, yeah... Unity, just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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