LinuxPlanet: Red Blood in the Emergency Room, Red Carpet on the Way

"...The cuff went tight, his eyes hardened, and he spat out between his teeth "But KDE's much more polished. And GNOME has a long history of flaming people in IRC. Are you sure you don't like KDE better?"

"Ordinarily, I'm a go-along, get-along kind of person, but I was agitated. Sitting in the middle of the emergency room, in fear for my health, and someone with snake and dagger tatoos is hassling me over desktop environments."

"Listen, pig-eyes," I said, "KDE might have a slight lead in the polish game, though I'd be hard pressed to point to how at this point; but your self-righteous crap about some IRC-based overzealousness from years ago is too much. Take your toy interface and creep back to your shack in the woods."

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