Ubuntu

[Leo Mauler]

--- Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Leo Mauler
> <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  > On Wednesday 12 March 2008, Leo Mauler wrote:
> >  > > Well, considering that the other major
> >  > > alternative is KDE, which looks entirely
> >  > > too much like Windows, I think that a
> >  > > sigh of relief could easily replace that
> >  > > "eww".
> >  >
> >  > Yes, KDE looks almost exactly like Windows
> >  > *if you take the effort to click Windows as
> >  > your default settings when you start it the
> >  > first time*. On the other hand, if you choose,
> >  > say, the default "KDE" settings, it's no more
> >  > like Windows than GNOME is.
> >
> >  *Default* KDE has:
> 
> Nothing stops a distro from putting in a better
> default KDE look. I personally never stay with 
> the default look.

But the majority of new Ubuntu users will never change
their desktop, because they're coming from a Windows
world where "changing your desktop" is an unheard-of concept.


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