Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:15:09 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE: What a monster! Message-ID: <20090127181509.66221353@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20090127174717.S18021@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20090123191547.fd43d651.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <20090126150019.387d538b.freebsd@edvax.de> <92bcbda50901260702h503648b6gc5c17b1ae9f211e@mail.gmail.com> <200901270831.24856.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <1233039375.1202.24.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20090127160434.74f04bef@gumby.homeunix.com> <20090127174717.S18021@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:52:31 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > > had either followed the Debian approach of keeping KDE3 as the > > default, or the FreeBSD approach of leaving it up to the user there > > wouldn't have been such a problem. One of the worst aspect of OSS > > is the pervasive attitude that software is either bleeding-edge, or > > it's obsolete. > > it's not OSS problem but general problem with all software. this > problem started with commercial software some years ago because > PEOPLE WANTED THIS. I'm not talking about what you would call bloat, I'm talking about the use of software that's little better than a prototype, and people that would rather use unstable software than software that's a few months old. That is very much an OSS problem. > for X window system just use some small windows manager that (as > name suggest) manages windows on screen and JUST START program you > use. IMO these basic window managers are ok if you *only* use them via a keyboard, but if you ever use a mouse they're very poor ergonomically.
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