On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:06:35 -0400 Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote:
> On 09/14/2014 01:00 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > By the way, if you wonder why I'm being so hard on KDE, these three > > articles explain: > > > > http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm#_editors_desk > > I didn't read any further than this: Why excoriate KDE for one lousy > email program? All of KDEdom is hopelessly entangled. I'd known that for years. Way back in 2002 I'd stopped using the KDE desktop because it brought older or slightly anemic hardware to its knees, and it slowed even the best of hardware. So I switched to IceWM but kept my other KDE programs. As time went on, KDE program after KDE program screwed up and made my computing experience less enjoyable. By 2006, the *only* reasons I kept KDE libraries on my computer were Kmail and K3b, and I already knew how to substitute wodim, mkisofs and growisofs for K3b, so as a practical matter, the only thing that kept KDE libraries on my box 2006 through 2011 was Kmail. When Kmail became (unusable) Kmail2, I had zero reason to keep any vestige of KDE on my computer, and removed it with KDE. So in answer to your question, I had disliked (though not excoriated) KDE for years before. The Krash of Kmail2 did two things: 1) Removed the last excuse I had for KDE, and 2) Showcased a stunning example of the consequences of monolithic entanglement. > Yes, KMail did a number on me, back in the SuSE days of > around 2002 or so. I haven't used it since. Thunderbird is nice. And > I have been using KDE all along, and wouldn't trade it for any dumb > excuse from Ubuntu! If, by "dumb excuse from Ubuntu" you mean Unity, I'm not going to argue with you. Such a choice would be the lesser of two evils. I use Debian+Openbox on my desktop, and Ubuntu+LXDE on my laptops, and I'm experimenting with OpenBSD+Xfce on my experimental machine. It will be a long, long time, like when hell freezes over and pigs fly, before you see me using KDE, Gnome, or Unity. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140914164445.1d8a9...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
