Re: [Computerbank] Re: [cai-sa] Teen Challenge -Network

[Peter Gossner <gossner@arcom.com.au>]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:48:05 +0930
David Lloyd <lloy0076@adam.com.au> scribed:

> 
> Daniel et al,
> 
> > Because it [Gnome] [is]  not easy to use; I, as someone who's been
> > using computers for 9 years, and worked on a desktop environment,
> > struggled to configure GNOME to do what I want.
> 
> KDE and Gnome have two different philosophies. Both of these
> philosophies have their own place. We are talking about ComputerBank
> at the moment and the questions include:
> 
>  * Which desktop environment does ComputerBank (in South Australia)
>  wish to choose?
Ah that's the real question.
> 
>  * Are they mutually exclusive?
> 
Not at all.. unless we have real hard drive issues.
>  * Do we give recipients choice?
> 
Please.
> ..and others.
> 
> > If you would care to back your assertions up, then maybe I might
> > bother continuing this debate further, but at this childish,
> > ad-hominem-like rate, it's not.
> 
> KDE and Gnome discussions can become religious wars. I'm not sure
> either of your responses (both Peter's nor yours) was the most well
> designed to stop such from occuring.
> 

Yep I was over the top and frustrated.. I apologise ..

> > *educating* them with desktops, is a good thing. My current setup
> > looks and feels *nothing* like Windows, especially with I play with
> > slicKer. If you'd spent more than 30 seconds in the KDE Control
> > Centre, you'd realise that it's actually *far* more customisable
> > than GNOME
> 
> They're different beasts with different philosophies. The Gnome
> Project currently has reduced a host of what the Gnome Project
> considered to be over-the-top configurations; in addition they've
> hidden some settings in user profiles or other places. I seem to
> recall you managed to find some terminal configuration settings in
> Terminal->Edit->Profiles or some such thing.
> 
> I could discuss the benefits of this or not. But the real question, at
> least for ComputerBank, is which one is appropriate and are they
> mutually exclusive?

I reckon neither but that's because I am a Luddite.

> 
> > > Gee one day with DSL and I get all grumpy :)
> > 
> > It's showing.
> 
> Our reputation has already preceded us...

Ah David we still Love you :)

> 
> 
> DSL
> 
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