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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Have you seen my flamesuit? (Was: How many people use KDE?)
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:50:32
Message-Id: 20060121104419.76b5883e@krikkit.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Have you seen my flamesuit? (Was: How many people use KDE?) by Chris White
1 On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:08:29 +0900, Chris White wrote:
2
3 > > I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular.
4 >
5 > That's the most blatant start of a flamewar I've seen...
6 >
7 > Ok, let's sit here and ponder. People like KDE, people like GNOME,
8 > hell, people like fluxbox and xfce. Now to put this in perspective,
9 > basically there is no "right answer" to this question, and no matter
10 > how much someone suggests, there never will be.
11
12 There is a right answer to this question, because it is simple numbers,
13 which is most popular. Carry out a poll of Linux users to ask which is
14 their favourite desktop and you have the answer.
15
16 If you really want to start a flamewar, ask which is better.
17
18 Better is not the same as most popular, unless you really believe that
19 Windows is the best OS out there.
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22 --
23 Neil Bothwick
24
25 Scrute the inscrutable; eff the ineffable.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Have you seen my flamesuit? (Was: How many people use KDE?) Drew Tomlinson <drew@××××××××××××××.net>