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Article #1836Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: Robert Wilderspin
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:00
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On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:18:11 GMT, codemonkey_uk@hotmail.com (Code Monkey UK) wrote: >Klaus Schilling ranted: >>I'll never write apps for a GUI desktop, be it called kde or w!"|"| doesn't >>matter. Good old termcap- or ncurses interfaces are the best. >> >And how far, exactly, would medical visulisation, weather pattern >analisis come on termcap / ncurses terminals? They work fine, if you have a big enough display and don't mind standing back from the screen. Squinting also helps. >Saying that GUI is evil makes you a Ludite. Choice is the key here. If he likes curses, then let him be cursed, and you and I can continue with our X displays. Rob Wilderspin -- "But I need it to crash once every few days - reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..." ----------------------= (send replies to rob@)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public From: antispam@feverish.demon.co.uk (Robert Wilderspin) Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/09/26 Message-ID: <360d6eea.16545831@mailtraq.feverish.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 395191570 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: feverish.demon.co.uk:158.152.54.233 References: <6snt2s$rnk$1@news-2.news.gte.net> <6tv4h8$24u$7@blue.hex.net> <6tvcur$ken$6@news-2.news.gte.net> <slrn706f8l.qlf.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn708sck.3oh.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70amsk.6c3.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70b6md.33f.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70c61l.8uq.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70dq8b.b87.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <rzGN1.4173$F7.15421868@news.itd.umich.edu> <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <p5sohihlrc.fsf@baynetworks.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980923105630.13773B-100000@howard> <slrn70ic1k.97.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> <6uc2pk$jh1$5@blue.hex.net> <873e9hret2.fsf@ivm.de> <360b6971.1849842@news.demon.co.uk> To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 906853549 nnrp-02:5105 NO-IDENT feverish.demon.co.uk:158.152.54.233 Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss