Kevin Kofler, Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:08:50 +0200:
Hmmm, that's interesting. KDE seems to be a lot more flexible
there, you
sure don't need to run the latest kernel to use the latest KDE.
Yes, it is ... because it is much more self-contained (you have just one
huge dependency containing everything -- libqt; that's hyperbole, but not
that much). Gnome is that maze of zillion interdependent libraries which
need to work together. Sometimes one model has advantage over another
sometimes not. C'est la vie.
Matěj