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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 07:20:01PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> and have you ever heard of 'code reuse' or 'modularity'? |
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> It seems - no. |
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> Because KDE itself might be huge. But once loaded the apps are pretty small - |
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> because they reuse code. kmail does not have its own html engine. It does not |
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> matter where you type your text etc pp. |
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I'm sorry, but the "once you load this GB of libs" argument is |
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missing the point entirely... |
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> Overall KDE uses LESS ram then most 'lightweight' solutions. |
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No. |
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Been around the block investigating this, it's BS. |
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I've investigated this quite thoroughly because I have to support |
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users who need everything to be easy and automatic and pointy-clicky |
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(and preferably shiny too). |
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Frankly, arguing that kde4 is a "lighter weight" solution is something |
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only a hardcore zealot or someone who's not used a WM without a DE could do with a straight face. |
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caveat utilitor |
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