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On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 08:32:17PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 02/24/2010 08:12 PM, Mike Edenfield wrote: |
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> > On 2/24/2010 11:59 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> >> How do you know what he needs? He probably wants KDE but without the |
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> >> whole "Semantic Desktop" thingy. |
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> > Well, mostly based on him telling us what he needs, and that he doesn't |
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> > really "want" KDE: |
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> > On 02/24/2010 04:27 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> >> I've been using KDE for a long time, for reasons that are no longer |
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> >> important to me. I have remained out of pure inertia. |
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> >> I use gnome happily at work, both on Fedora and Ubuntu. All I need from |
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> >> any of them is a panel with some favorites, and a pager for multiple |
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> >> desktops. |
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> > it appears that all he needs is a panel and a pager, which any decent |
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> > window manager will have. Therefore, if KDE is using up more resources |
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> > than he feels warranted, perhaps it's time to switch. |
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> I have semantic desktop disabled and KDE offers a hell of a lot more |
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> than just a panel and a pager. |
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You're right. KDE does offer a lot more than just a pager and a panel with semantic desktop disabled, but the OP does state that all hee needs "is a panel with some favourites, and a pager for multiple desktops." Which pretty much any WM will give him. |
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Again, no one is telling him to switch, but suggesting that based on his needs, KDE might be overkill. |
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