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Originally posted by Ant P. View PostIf they're doing that, then maybe we can finally get them to drop the stupid "design app names around a specific letter" naming scheme!
Plasma, huh?
Raptor
Dolphin
Dragon Player
Speedcrunch
Marble
Phonon
Oxygen
Solid
Decibel
Sonnet
ThreadWeaver
ArtsLast edited by V!NCENT; 02 December 2009, 12:05 PM.
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Originally posted by V!NCENT View PostThey have done that about two years ago
KDE Raptor
KDE Dolphin
KDE Dragon Player
KDE Speedcrunch
KDE Marble
KDE Phonon
KDE Oxygen
KDE Solid
KDE Decibel
KDE Sonnet
KDE ThreadWeaver
KDE Arts
Nice, isn't it?
Originally posted by bullextIt's not shit, but I can only compare it to the UI of Windows 98 or Xp. It doesn't go further and is emberassing when compared to KDE4 and even Windows Vista/7.
Gnome 2.28 + compiz + AWN/docky2/cairo-dock + gnome-do provide an UI superior to Vista and on par to Win7. The docks are not yet as mature as the Win7 taskbar, but gnome-do more than makes up for this defect. Gnome is much more configurable than Windows.
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Originally posted by BlackStar View PostGnome 2.28 + compiz + AWN/docky2/cairo-dock + gnome-do provide an UI ...
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Originally posted by BlackStar View PostWhich was all fine and dandy, until they went and said that apps should now include "KDE" to improve product perception.
But it doesn't matter because if you're on KDE4 then all apps are identified by their function and not their name. KDE itself is never displayed actually.
For example:
KDE Speencrunch = calculator
K3B = CD & DVD burning
Amarok = Audioplayer
Etc, etc.
So for average desktop users it doesn't even matter.
I love KDE4. KDE3 was just a resource hog, but KDE4 is just so epic. It's like following Apples WWDC; each time they come up with new stuff that makes me think "Wow that's epic".
Gnome is just boring. Flat out. It's a feature, I know. It's cut the crap and suit the average user. It's all solid and usability tested and nothing goes wrong and nothing is complicated. But if I would want that I would buy a Mac or use Windows.*
* Just my opinion of course
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Having said that, it really is rather stupid, except for clever cases like Okular, amaroK, or even Kaffeine. gEdit and KEdit are stupid as shit to me.[/QUOTE]
The reason for the 'g' and the 'k' is simply that gnome and kde are not mutually exclusive, nor perfect replacements one for the other. One may want to have gnome applications in a kde system and kde application on a gnome system.
- How to have both gEdit and kEdit in your system in an easy to remember way if you drop the g and the k?
To solve your issue.
- cd ~/bin; ln -s /usr/bin/kedit edit
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Originally posted by BlackStar View PostGnome 2.28 + compiz + AWN/docky2/cairo-dock + gnome-do provide an UI superior to Vista and on par to Win7. The docks are not yet as mature as the Win7 taskbar, but gnome-do more than makes up for this defect. Gnome is much more configurable than Windows.
However, your statement eludes to a discussion we had on here about 2 months ago: the default GNOME desktop SUCKS!! After a clean install, it's takes me 30-60 minutes to get GNOME looking decent. It should not take that much tweaking to get a beautiful, semi-modern desktop. I'm sorry, but it just shouldn't. It's not 2003 anymore.
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Originally posted by benmoran View PostYou have to be stupid if you think names have nothing to do with perception of a product.
Then there's Ubuntu, SUSE, Mandriva... we could go on all week about this
(Oh I forgot... Mozilla is now called "SeaMonkey" LOL!!)
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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack View PostLast time I used AWN a few months back, it still had a few quirks. How is it now?
Personally, I feel that docky2 has the potential to become the strongest dock-like application, but its panel mode is still at its infancy. Right now, it's a lot faster and slightly prettier than AWN, but it's also missing some features which make it unstuitable for mainstream usage.
Which is why I am excited about Ubuntu 10.04: it will be released at a point where these projects will have matured significantly.
Originally posted by RealNC...that needs 1GB RAM after running for more than 6 hours and slows the system down to a crawl. That *comes* close to Vista/7 though, since those do this right from the start
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