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Enterprise Networking Planet: Build the Perfect Desktop With KDE

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Carla Schroder
Dec 22, 2005

“As much I would like to believe I am as brilliant and
charismatic as Linus Torvalds, it’s really not worth the effort,
because it’s so not true. But Linus and I do agree on one thing:
KDE is an excellent desktop. It looks good and it works well–what
more does anyone need? Best of all, it doesn’t simplify by removing
functionality, like a certain well-known desktop project does. You
want a simpler, cleaner interface? Might I suggest organizing the
menus and configuration dialogs with common functions on top, and
advanced functions available on a different level? Throwing away
functionality seems a tad daft.

“KDE is extremely customizable, which is a boon to Linux
distribution packagers, corporate and other business users, and
finicky end users who want everything just so…”


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Carla Schroder

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