Stepping down from KDE SIG

[Ian Malone]

On 30 October 2015 at 13:40, Mark Haney <mark.haney at vifprogram.com> wrote:
> I think we're all in agreement that Fedora (and other distros) should treat
> Gnome and KDE the same and let the users decide.  I don't completely agree
> that KDE is over-complicated due to dogma.  I, like a lot of people I know,
> don't want to install a crap-ton of GTK+ packages to run Gnome Apps anymore
> than Gnome users don't want to install a ton of KDE libraries to run KDE
> apps.  Personally, I've found the KDE apps to be more stable and more
> user-friendly.  Gnome does nothing but change for the sake of change, not
> for any sort of 'evolutionary' reason.  That's a dogma I can't stand.  Gnome
> is not friendly enough for new linux users, nor for those who come from the
> Windows world (like my parents).  Not to mention, several of the Gnome
> maintainers are rude, patronising gits who think they know what's best for
> us.  If I wanted that attitude, I'd have stuck with Apple or Microsoft.
>

No no no, you've just failed to understand the genius of their design,
which is proof itself that you don't know what you're talking about.

;) just in case it's needed...

(Though FWIW I don't have much problem with mixing best of breed apps
if it means picking up a few dependencies, software is only a small
fraction of the total data I keep. This thing desktops environments
develop where they want to proliferate into an exclusive 'ecosystem'
isn't much in the interests of users. I happily used K3B for years
under Gnome before I switched to KDE.)

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imalone
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