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:The Linux Advocate: KDE vs. GNOME : Why Are We STILL Fighting?
The Linux Advocate: KDE vs. GNOME : Why Are We STILL Fighting?
Aug 30, 2006, 02 :15 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (7454 reads)

"We all know that the so called 'war' between KDE and GNOME has been raging now for a long time. Unfortunately, this competition seems to have fractured the Linux community into two (and more) warring camps, neither able to give an inch between them. People seem to either LOVE GNOME, or LOVE KDE. I have very rarely seen a middle ground. The question I pose today is the following: Is the competition between KDE and GNOME helping or hurting Linux in the long run; and if the latter; would the community be bettered if the two behemoth projects were to come together and merge into one giant linux-standard desktop...?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
All that's needed is for application ...   no need to be that far-reaching   
wildpossum
Aug 30, 2006, 02:55:09
 
Why oh why do people actually post this  ...   merge?? WTF??   
alice sysadmin
Aug 30, 2006, 03:43:12
 
would the community be bettered if the t ...   Does it matter? Really?   
Benjamin Smith
Aug 30, 2006, 06:45:29
 
'Linux' is still an operating sy ...   Newsflash   
Rainer Weikusat
Aug 30, 2006, 08:23:08
 
i did not read the entire article..  but ...   AGAIN!!!!   
petem
Aug 30, 2006, 11:15:29
 
> It's like saying hey, let's ta ...   Re: merge?? WTF??   
Mike R.
Aug 30, 2006, 13:13:12
 
Makes just as much sense. Why do we need ...   Why don't we ask Coke and Pepsi to merge?   
Bill Peterson
Aug 30, 2006, 15:32:52
 
It's the Porsche Cayenne that's  ...   Re: Re: merge?? WTF??   
Bud Spud
Aug 30, 2006, 15:36:27
 
It's like saying hey, let's take ...   Porsche has already dome that...   
Greg Folkert
Aug 30, 2006, 15:57:13
 
> Makes just as much sense. Why do we ne ...   Re: Why don't we ask Coke and Pepsi to merge&#   
con
Aug 30, 2006, 16:04:27
 
I hate GNOME for its, "Sane Defaults" mo ...   You've not USED GNOME and it shows.   
Greg Folkert
Aug 30, 2006, 16:07:21
 
  Yes, as long as that standard desktop  ...   Re: Does it matter? Really?   
Toby Haynes
Aug 30, 2006, 19:17:42
 
well I figured it out :)KDE is for smart ...   i agree   
patrick_darcy
Aug 31, 2006, 02:03:47
 
> Um, Porsche already HAS done that. It  ...   Re: Porsche has already dome that...   
Peter Yellman
Aug 31, 2006, 04:27:06
 
I've been using Linux now for severa ...   Despite KDE and GNOME, Linux is Linux   
Roni M. Oliva
Aug 31, 2006, 14:18:45
 
I absolutely detest moronic "can't w ...   We need a monopoly!   
Eric Laffoon
Aug 31, 2006, 17:59:37
 
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