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Henry Ford, the great American industrial pioneer, once remarked: |
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"The best way to solve the problems of the city is to leave the city." |
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After reading this thread on the problems of the new KDE, I can only |
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say that the best solution would be to abandon KDE entirely and choose |
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something much simpler. |
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What does KDE, or Gnome for that matter, offer that a simple window |
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manager cannot? I would claim that the benefits are all illusory. |
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The user is deceived by the scintillating visual effects into believing |
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that he possesses a tool extraordinaire. |
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But this is pure bunk. Using Openbox with a virtual desktop and |
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the old-fashioned Midnight Commander file manager that runs in an |
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X terminal, I could probably beat the pants off anyone, in terms of |
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raw productivity, that is hooked on KDE or Gnome. |
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Do we all understand the ancient idea of iconoclasm? |
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Iconoclasm is the disdain of imagery, because images are entirely |
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superficial in nature and ultimately will deceive, beguile, and prevent |
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one from ascertaining the truth. It is no exaggeration to say that KDE |
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and Gnome (as MS Windows) are based on luxuriant visual methodologies |
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that can only obscure the true essence of computing. |
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Of course, I realize that very few will accept this argument. More |
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and more will embrace KDE or Gnome or their ilk as time progresses. |
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The developers of X Window and even Gentoo will begin to disallow |
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simpler configurations. Linux will then become a swampland of fantastic |
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imagery but increasingly difficult computation. |
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That's my view of things. |
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Frank Peters |
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