Comments on: My Voyage of Discovery http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:07:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ssokolow http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-120 ssokolow Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:02:56 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-120 @zugu Ironic really. I started on KDE, switched to GNOME for the subdued color scheme, switched to Xfce for less bloat, and then switched back to KDE once I had a decent icon theme and window border set up. And yet... In all of that, I've found KDE icons to be smaller (on average) than GNOME ones. (I started on KDE when I came from Windows because, among other things, I wanted smaller icons to fit more of them. KDE's taskbar sizing is completely adjustable in the KDE Control Panel. I've got two of them. The main one (about the same size as the GNOME one... but spanning the top of both monitors) and the secondary one (default KDE sizing, 80% width, centered on the bottom of the left monitor, auto-hide and filled with widgets which build two-rows of GNOME panel-sized things when put on a default-sized KDE bar) Through all of that, I always ended up keeping Konqueror around because I could never find anything that came close as an SFTP client. One of the biggest reasons I like KDE currently is the combination of KParts and KIOSlaves. @zugu

Ironic really. I started on KDE, switched to GNOME for the subdued color scheme, switched to Xfce for less bloat, and then switched back to KDE once I had a decent icon theme and window border set up. And yet…

In all of that, I’ve found KDE icons to be smaller (on average) than GNOME ones. (I started on KDE when I came from Windows because, among other things, I wanted smaller icons to fit more of them.

KDE’s taskbar sizing is completely adjustable in the KDE Control Panel. I’ve got two of them. The main one (about the same size as the GNOME one… but spanning the top of both monitors) and the secondary one (default KDE sizing, 80% width, centered on the bottom of the left monitor, auto-hide and filled with widgets which build two-rows of GNOME panel-sized things when put on a default-sized KDE bar)

Through all of that, I always ended up keeping Konqueror around because I could never find anything that came close as an SFTP client. One of the biggest reasons I like KDE currently is the combination of KParts and KIOSlaves.

]]> By: x http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-112 x Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:52:12 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-112 waste of time waste of time

]]> By: zugu http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-111 zugu Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:39:38 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-111 While I agree GNOME has his quirks and issues, I could never get myself to like KDE, everytime I was extremely annoyed by the way Qt widgets look. The "taskbar" is plain weird and too big for my taste, the icons are also gigantic... All these experiences ended in wiping out KDE just because of the looks. While some might argue that looks are not enough to dislike KDE, I say it is more than enough. Some things can be fixed after some tweaking, but the inane Qt looks are still there, unchanged. I wholeheartedly agree with the author of this post, KDE is just UGLY, hard to use and plain unintuitive. As for the trolls, they should be ignored. Just take a look at Slashdot, where ANY review that criticizes Linux, no matter how objective, is bashed. KDE is just not loved by everyone, is that so hard to accept? While I agree GNOME has his quirks and issues, I could never get myself to like KDE, everytime I was extremely annoyed by the way Qt widgets look. The “taskbar” is plain weird and too big for my taste, the icons are also gigantic… All these experiences ended in wiping out KDE just because of the looks.

While some might argue that looks are not enough to dislike KDE, I say it is more than enough. Some things can be fixed after some tweaking, but the inane Qt looks are still there, unchanged. I wholeheartedly agree with the author of this post, KDE is just UGLY, hard to use and plain unintuitive.

As for the trolls, they should be ignored. Just take a look at Slashdot, where ANY review that criticizes Linux, no matter how objective, is bashed. KDE is just not loved by everyone, is that so hard to accept?

]]> By: Konqi http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-110 Konqi Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:13:52 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-110 "Iain", sir, you just won a six month "get off the internet" vacation to contemplate your own stupidity and lack of humor. Congratulations. “Iain”, sir, you just won a six month “get off the internet” vacation to contemplate your own stupidity and lack of humor. Congratulations.

]]> By: mexlinux http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-109 mexlinux Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:31:36 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-109 I'm building a blog about the advatages of both desktops GNOME and KDE, you might find it interesting. http://www.bbnuke.com/kdevsgnome I’m building a blog about the advatages of both desktops GNOME and KDE, you might find it interesting.
http://www.bbnuke.com/kdevsgnome

]]> By: vaquerito http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-108 vaquerito Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:56:47 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-108 Come on man, that's not a review nor a feedback nor something that a rationale can be thought around, so don't follow my example and give no importance to such a nonsense, unless you take it for fun. Anyway someone should remember everyone can type anything in its blog by experience ;) Come on man, that’s not a review nor a feedback nor something that a rationale can be thought around, so don’t follow my example and give no importance to such a nonsense, unless you take it for fun.

Anyway someone should remember everyone can type anything in its blog by experience ;)

]]> By: vaitrafra http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-107 vaitrafra Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:45:05 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-107 oh, and i was forgetting a thing... i'm a gnome user but i will definitely switch once KDE4 is complete. oh, and i was forgetting a thing… i’m a gnome user but i will definitely switch once KDE4 is complete.

]]> By: vaitrafra http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-106 vaitrafra Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:32:31 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-106 "anonimous: That is true and a fair comment. I’d have played with the applications, but all I was given was a terminal and a command prompt, so I honestly didn’t know what to type to test. Not having a menu doesn’t make it any easier (and for what its worth, beta1 had a menu, I don’t see why I should have expected that beta2 wouldn’t have one)" What are you saying here? Are you really saying that you fell in a catatonic state because of no menus, no icons, no flashy buttons? Are you serious? So, where are your tech skills, or better, your *nix skills? What are you reviewing and with wich tools? I don't expect monkeys to review cars. I don't expect dookies to review on economic matters. I don't expect you to review any software, because you clearly miss the requested skills. But, let's try to be honest here. You were only bitching here and now, you are climbing the mirrors of your faults to get out of this shitti situation, aren't you. Listen to me, Complain for you ridicule kiddish behavor.. .Go for it! P.S. forget my english. “anonimous: That is true and a fair comment. I’d have played with the applications, but all I was given was a terminal and a command prompt, so I honestly didn’t know what to type to test.

Not having a menu doesn’t make it any easier (and for what its worth, beta1 had a menu, I don’t see why I should have expected that beta2 wouldn’t have one)”

What are you saying here?
Are you really saying that you fell in a catatonic state because of no menus, no icons, no flashy buttons?
Are you serious?
So, where are your tech skills, or better, your *nix skills? What are you reviewing and with wich tools?

I don’t expect monkeys to review cars.
I don’t expect dookies to review on economic matters.
I don’t expect you to review any software, because you clearly miss the requested skills.

But, let’s try to be honest here.
You were only bitching here and now, you are climbing the mirrors of your faults to get out of this shitti situation, aren’t you.

Listen to me, Complain for you ridicule kiddish behavor.. .Go for it!

P.S. forget my english.

]]> By: Noi amiamo entrambi i desktop, ohmmm… « pollycoke :) http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-105 Noi amiamo entrambi i desktop, ohmmm… « pollycoke :) Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:08:40 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-105 [...] il problema). Altri ancora, ed è forse ciò che mi ha spinto a scrivere questa pagina, preparano recensioni di KDE4beta che sfociano nella palese presa-per-il-culo (leggete il mio commento) che ovviamente provocano l’immediata reazione stizzita della [...] [...] il problema). Altri ancora, ed è forse ciò che mi ha spinto a scrivere questa pagina, preparano recensioni di KDE4beta che sfociano nella palese presa-per-il-culo (leggete il mio commento) che ovviamente provocano l’immediata reazione stizzita della [...]

]]> By: Eloihr http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-104 Eloihr Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:48:50 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/iain/2007/09/24/my-voyage-of-discovery/#comment-104 With friends like you in OSS, who needs an enemy like M$? :-) This poor "report" says much things about you, but the first thing that I can see between lines is that you're really blind. It's a shame your "report" is so stupid. Nothing that anyone can find useful. Definitely, you're only a mischievous little boy. With friends like you in OSS, who needs an enemy like M$? :-)

This poor “report” says much things about you, but the first thing that I can see between lines is that you’re really blind. It’s a shame your “report” is so stupid. Nothing that anyone can find useful. Definitely, you’re only a mischievous little boy.

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