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On Donnerstag 27 August 2009, Frank Peters wrote: |
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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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Henry Ford also praised national socialism. |
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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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and I disagree wholeheartly here. |
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KDE offers what openbox never can do: integration. |
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Also: network transparency. |
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> Do we all understand the ancient idea of iconoclasm? |
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yes, and the iconoclasts were people who destroyed art and knowledge for |
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nothing. Which is a reason why they are still seen as one of the most stupid |
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elements of human history. |
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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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oh so wrong. |
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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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you are free to see it that way - and please, complain to the X devs who |
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torture us with hal crap (they are mostly fedora/intel based - so you should |
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complain there). |
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But as someone who has used *box and enlightenment and icewm and other stuff I |
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long forgot: KDE was the first environment where I did not have to adjust all |
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and everything to be able to do stuff. No, instead I was able to spent my time |
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doing stuff. |
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You are satisfied with openbox and mc? |
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Well, I need konqueror and konsole and their working together. I need okular. |
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I love gwenview. And I love the fact that I do not have to learn a whole new |
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set of key-combos and config syntax for every single app I use. |
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