On Mon, 26 May 2008 08:44:52 +1000, Res wrote:

> But Slack lacks in desktop poll http://polls.ausics.net/v1.php Just
> about every person I've spoken to says they wont use it there because
> gnome is not included, and its "too much messing around" to put gnome on
> it or use an unknown third party repo and install some customised gnome,
> especially when they get it in the install CD/DVD's in fu#kdora and
> Ubuntu and so on.
>
> Plenty of people simply hate KDE, and I confess I'm one of em.

This is like saying that you have to paint your walls salmon pink because
you hate cerise.

There are loads of choices. Loads.

On Mon, 26 May 2008, Mark Madsen wrote:

>
> On Mon, 26 May 2008 08:44:52 +1000, Res wrote:
>
>> But Slack lacks in desktop poll http://polls.ausics.net/v1.php Just
>> about every person I've spoken to says they wont use it there because
>> gnome is not included, and its "too much messing around" to put gnome on
>> it or use an unknown third party repo and install some customised gnome,
>> especially when they get it in the install CD/DVD's in fu#kdora and
>> Ubuntu and so on.
>>
>> Plenty of people simply hate KDE, and I confess I'm one of em.
>
> This is like saying that you have to paint your walls salmon pink because
> you hate cerise.
>
> There are loads of choices. Loads.

That there is, and we stay with what we like, we dont stop liking it
(Gnome) just because Pat doesn't like it and deciodes to not include it
in Slack, for some of us we go to the trouble to install gnome, some dont
want that hassle and go with another distro that has that they want
built in.



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On Sun, 25 May 2008, No_One wrote:

> I would have thought SUSE would have a better showing in the desktop field

*shrug* used SuSE once, a few years ago, its just another rpm based
system, nothing special about it, and RH seem to have that type of market
share in their hands... rpm is ok, but its bloated.


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you are telling me nothing i did not already know.
i disagree with its removal as I dont consider it any more of a nightmare
to maintain then kde, but Pat made his decision, one that I know has cost
him many desktop users, but its his distro and he can do what he wants
with it.


On Mon, 26 May 2008, me@privacy.net wrote:


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On Mon, 26 May 2008, Mark Madsen wrote:

> There is a huge logical gap between "I use Gnome because I like it better
> than anything else" and "I use Gnome because I hate KDE" is all.

I do like it better than kde, hence my reason to sticking with it, but I
also hate kde so that sealed it.


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On Mon, 26 May 2008, ~kurt wrote:

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> Res <res@ausics.net> wrote:
>>
>> *shrug* used SuSE once, a few years ago, its just another rpm based
>
> Hmm, didn't remeber it using rpms - but what I do remember were all the

yep, you can bascially install any rpm from RH into aSuSE system or at
erlast you could a few years back when I tried it.

> config files that said "DO NOT EDIT" - you were supposed to use their
> little config tool for everything. My SuSE experiment didn't last very
> long....

agreed

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On Mon, 26 May 2008 21:02:19 +1000, Res wrote:

> On Mon, 26 May 2008, Mark Madsen wrote:
>
>> There is a huge logical gap between "I use Gnome because I like it
>> better than anything else" and "I use Gnome because I hate KDE" is all.
>
> I do like it better than kde, hence my reason to sticking with it, but I
> also hate kde so that sealed it.

OK, but that's not a logical flow of argument, it's a confluence of
decision factors.

There is an argument that the default desktop on any distro is the one
best adapted to work with that distro. If one believes this, one should
use Gnome on Debian, KDE or Xfce on Slack, and twm on NetBSD :-)

On May 26, 12:04 am, ~kurt <actinouran...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Me too. When Slack dropped Gnome, I used the various third party Gnomes
> > for a while, and then switched to XFCE. Haven't looked back since.
>
> Still using Blackbox after all these years - change is bad....
>
> - Kurt

Yup blackbox is what I have been using for the past few years.
George

Dan C wrote:


>> Plenty of people simply hate KDE, and I confess I'm one of em.
>
> Me too. When Slack dropped Gnome, I used the various third party Gnomes
> for a while, and then switched to XFCE. Haven't looked back since.

Horses for courses. Installed Ubuntu to have a look and I've decided I'm
happy with KDE.

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On 2008-05-26, Res <res@ausics.net> wrote:
> you are telling me nothing i did not already know.
> i disagree with its removal as I dont consider it any more of a nightmare
> to maintain then kde, but Pat made his decision, one that I know has cost
> him many desktop users, but its his distro and he can do what he wants
> with it.


Ran across this while I was, supposedly, catching up on my paperwork...

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060129

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