[Gllug] ObNaive: Why don't Linux systems get package database rot? Or do they?

[Rich Walker]

Mike Brodbelt <mike at coruscant.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> I'll happily use GNOME applications, but I don't run the GNOME desktop.
> It's limiting, it copies many of the mistakes made by Windows, and it
> just gets in the way.

And they used to put all the (read-only) data in /etc!

Personally, I'm still using icewm as a desktop, with random gnome and
KDE applications as necessary.

I was quite impressed that kwallet and kjobviewer stuck themselves on
the toolbar - I must check which others will...

cheers, Rich.

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