[dundee] Those pesky KDE devs...just a moan

[Robert Ladyman]

You forget my age, young Padawan - in the dim and distant we didn't have no 
steenkin' mice and fitting a hard disc involved a hacksaw, three strong mean 
and a team of oxen. "GUI" was a sound reserved for syrup, or, if pronounced as 
initials, the sound of an startled North American.

I think I shall go no further with KDE4 - requiring a per-user full-blown 
mysql installation that is used merely for caching has a WTF-rating that goes 
off the scale. It isn't to do with the use of resources, but also with the 
security implications and the " we are doing this and you will not be able to 
switch it off " attitude in the face of any criticism, which now appears to be 
the modus operandi of the KDE team. I hear that they are developing a portable 
computer system without batteries (it does, however, require a small nuclear 
power-station) and are intending that vi be replaced with OpenOffice, your 
keyboard to be 7 feet long and that the mouse will require a small donkey-
engine to power its hydraulics.

I shall have a look at CrunchBang, if only to keep Arron quiet.


I remember when this were all fields...

Disgruntled, of Newtyle.

> 
> *ahem*  allow me.  ;D
> 
> i'm an old kde(3.*) die-hard... but i've found great joy in trying out
>  other window managers, running them without the rest of the clutter that
>  accompanies a hefty full desktop environment, of which i probably only
>  ever really use <1% of.  and then of course, only installing/launching
>  that which i need, as i need it.    if resources are tight, this is the
>  way to go. kde isnt the same thing it was 5 years ago.
> 
> yep, Crunchbang is a great welcoming entrance to the world of lightweight n
> minimal, showing you that it neednt be an unpleasant experience.    rather
> than an uphill struggle like i've found with previous times trying out
> openbox (or other "wms"), it felt like... it felt as easy as sledging down
>  a hillside.  :D
> 
> 
> and just to live up to that quote from Arron that i started with,
> 
> have you considered beginning to learn the tools of the minimalism elite?
> I, born to the gui, am not quite there yet, by a long way, but the
> possibility does intrigue me.
> a link to exemplify:
> http://kmandla.wordpress.com/software/
> 
> or you could just live in emacs.  lol.


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