[ale] Dominating the Linux Desktop

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net (tfreeman at intel.digichem.net)]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Jonathan Rickman wrote:

> I recently made the switch to KDE. I have always toyed with all the desktop 
> environments, but had always preferred the lightweight stuff like blackbox.  
> When running a full desktop environment in the past, I had always steered 
> towards Gnome for some reason. I had always avoided KDE because of 
> performance issues, but KDE 3.x is so much faster than previous versions 
> that this is no longer an issue. Honestly, I get the impression that KDE is 
> the future of desktop linux. Thoughts?

I hope not, although probably not in the fashion most people think. I hope 
the Linux/FLOSS/whatever desktop stabilizes with three or four major 
offerings; for example blackbox, gnome, KDE, with the developers able to 
build interopperation into the majors as an option. While I'm sure this 
will complicate many people's lives, I like options and choice. This also 
means that the desktop will have multiple sources of ideas/innovation.

YMMV

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