Mandrake Cooker Beta is out

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucas Peet [mailto:lpeet at eccod.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:37 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Mandrake Cooker Beta is out
> 
> 
> > <rant subject="KDE">
> > Am I the only person who thought KDE 1 was okay, KDE 2 was kind of
> > bloated, and that KDE 3 sucks? KDE 2 made me switch to 
> Gnome and KDE 3
> > made me stop using a lot of the remaining KDE programs I 
> still used. But
> > then I disable almost all desktop features from Gnome to 
> make it less
> > obtrusive too.
> > </rant>
> 
> <my own rant>
> I use both KDE and Gnome on a regular basis.  Most of my work 
> is done in the
> shell though.  Out of curiosity, what in the world is so 
> "obtrusive" about
> the Gnome / KDE desktop???  The fact that they are window 
> managers / GUI
> toolkits that may be a bit reminiscent of the all-hated 
> Microsoft Windows
> operating system?  I find both (KDE & Gnome) very intuitive 
> and comfortable
> to use, and neither are hindering or 'obtrusive' in my 
> opinion.  And for
>...rest of nice rant clipped

Amen brother!

I like KDE3, I like the latest gnome also, but I'm waiting for the next
release.
I like to be able to edit my menus easily. ;')

For those that think KDE and Gnome are bloated there is always fluxbox.
And several other simpler faster non-"bloated" GUIs. Personally, I like
the
bloat. It gives me features. I do sometimes use the command line and
I frequently read the man pages in a console. 

Then of course there is always the command line. Nobody is forcing you
to use
KDE or Gnome. It's all about choice. Run what you choose to run.
To each his or her own.

Brian