From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NkPKQ-0007s0-To for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:03:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 264D5E0C21 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:03:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f215.google.com (mail-ew0-f215.google.com [209.85.219.215]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA85FE0B05 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:26:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy7 with SMTP id 7so1237198ewy.29 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:26:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=r9FCCK5tXQP9szm8D0JxfH7A9/O0/iTGU2Ly+i4vGto=; b=tVvfVPv+RNH9RKGBivWD3+AobSJ4lZhwsPsbDC1/9PCoCSHvmY1a7tnjikB+JiY791 af18ja+Z1Y0iuyZcOqkmuoh6rxFap/HmcpKpPlKdJln4eqYo1vlW8hXzHGSYqmY4U+pt ehfR/UGka8+9ThD807RJ4+M1WO/7XaC7PNTMM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; b=l3NEWRrU07YVaDppMCwTTj83kw9iislK89EWffVPhRRsdCD3rtF6bhD/aFYpPP9xSZ eJHljhrtjF89jnGSUIRYJreA2tOK6/W4f7+XiqTNmcG84VsxSKZ/qMSPPKlYevFUAnY4 KBna7hT8CgTWFGE8ufDZoGBx62t4Vnat6FoWE= Received: by 10.213.107.20 with SMTP id z20mr264415ebo.81.1267046796923; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:26:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from Zeerak.Fullrate (0110ds1-abc.0.fullrate.dk [90.185.49.13]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm618235eyf.19.2010.02.24.13.26.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:26:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:25:23 +0100 From: Zeerak Mustafa Waseem To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE? Get me out of here! Message-ID: <20100224212521.GC5474@Zeerak.Fullrate> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <9acccfe51002231827q26e94e64s7f29ec46b6675156@mail.gmail.com> <20100224134136.GA5474@Zeerak.Fullrate> <4B855723.1070908@kutulu.org> <4B856C0E.3010002@kutulu.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FsscpQKzF/jJk6ya" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 02fc1f1b-6a7b-42a9-8ce5-79374e325e66 X-Archives-Hash: b1ffad1265a468e5f280d70fcd5a54f8 --FsscpQKzF/jJk6ya Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 08:32:17PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 02/24/2010 08:12 PM, Mike Edenfield wrote: > > On 2/24/2010 11:59 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > >> How do you know what he needs? He probably wants KDE but without the > >> whole "Semantic Desktop" thingy. > > > > Well, mostly based on him telling us what he needs, and that he doesn't > > really "want" KDE: > > > > On 02/24/2010 04:27 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > >> I've been using KDE for a long time, for reasons that are no longer > >> important to me. I have remained out of pure inertia. > >> I use gnome happily at work, both on Fedora and Ubuntu. All I need fr= om > >> any of them is a panel with some favorites, and a pager for multiple > >> desktops. > > > > it appears that all he needs is a panel and a pager, which any decent > > window manager will have. Therefore, if KDE is using up more resources > > than he feels warranted, perhaps it's time to switch. >=20 > I have semantic desktop disabled and KDE offers a hell of a lot more=20 > than just a panel and a pager. >=20 >=20 You're right. KDE does offer a lot more than just a pager and a panel with = semantic desktop disabled, but the OP does state that all hee needs "is a p= anel with some favourites, and a pager for multiple desktops." Which pretty= much any WM will give him. Again, no one is telling him to switch, but suggesting that based on his ne= eds, KDE might be overkill. --=20 Zeerak Waseem --FsscpQKzF/jJk6ya Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLhZlBAAoJEBS1NNgpgWuWBgYH/jYRQzRJ9SNp7wgt6uJdMmbE vif8gxAMgRszmT/6TgYRWbwefAeFa/3th1pRJ7oNsvPegKzdVBbLWmuHb9TlRidN 8yDdAjfaxb4ZYScj3wOCMZ6zFctbzRM8FIxtK1sBxWXHnkzo7njUFiYljr+0WmjD BCzUCxsp1HT2EmK9EPDsLRER2Sl72axBz1Mn8zZ6O+/h1ZI5A846xMRI8dHbxQzQ cAqp5F0OoTCsGfK7dbWmVYd5V27AzsmmTWvYJKtn55Go9OjKJ2lX0Xj6t/GrOIJJ +TDQxU1/FQ6a4IgDuRtP/+3GyUbaEgYmCkvJivfke2Sx5YiAwZZK+xqILSOZ8a4= =9je4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FsscpQKzF/jJk6ya--