Comments on: choice usually sucks; documenting choice sucks more, though.

By: Planet DHG

Planet DHG — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:49:38 +0000

[...] Luis Villa — choice usually sucks; documenting choice sucks more, though. [...]

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feed on feeds - new items — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:14:17 +0000

[...] title]Hack the Planetby Wes Felter (cached at May 26, 2007, 1:22 am)Luis Villa: Choice usually sucks; documenting choice sucks more, though. “I specifically and repeatedly told Novell while I was there that they would be better off firing [...]

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NewsBruiser: Editing: My Dreams Are Bulletproof for 2007 May 26 (entry 0) — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:58:33 +0000

[...] to iain/2007/05/26/0. Informed Choices Sat May 26 2007 12:58 Its not often I disagree with Luis (because he’s going to be a lawyer soon and will sue my ass), but I thought I had to in this case. [...]

By: Gregarius » Planet GNOME (10 non lus)

Gregarius » Planet GNOME (10 non lus) — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:15:08 +0000

[...] Luis Villa: choice usually sucks; documenting choice sucks more, though. [...]

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Hack the Planet: — Sat, 26 May 2007 08:57:20 +0000

[...] Villa: Choice usually sucks; documenting choice sucks more, though. “I specifically and repeatedly told Novell while I was there that they would be better off firing [...]

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link spew » melodramatica — Sat, 26 May 2007 02:05:07 +0000

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By: Fedora People | FedoraNEWS.ORG

Fedora People | FedoraNEWS.ORG — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:27:15 +0000

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Advogato - Recent Blog Entries — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:10:29 +0000

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By: kristjan

kristjan — Fri, 25 May 2007 20:18:53 +0000

additions to the list of kde apps. gnome has no equal equivalent:

kate (text editor)
kbabel (translation)

ps. not equal can be thought of as “with less functionality”, right?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:27:33 +0000

I must agree with other posters. The biggest feature of KDE is not apps (and whose apps are better is arguable) but the stuff in between the applications – Karts, KIO-Slaves, DCOP – the glue. The platform is actually more consistent than Gnome in many respects – same open/save dialog, same toolbars across the whole platform.

As for the choice… Features are a funny thing, you may kick and scream but in the end you use them all. I usually recommend Gnome to new users, and suggest to graduate to KDE when ready and continue using the must-have GTK apps like gimp and inkscape. I am glad OpenSuse is not stuck in the monotheistic silo. Today’s most productive linux desktop really needs parts of both choices very well developed. Mongering users into “you are with us, or against us” is pretty much like taking them hostage for your religious cause.

I am glad Fedora is shifting to a more practical path.