Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 5th Jul 2008 22:03 UTC
KDE 4.1 is supposed to make everything right with the recently troubled desktop. Everyone agrees now that KDE 4.0 was a mistake. However, what the mistake was -- and whose -- is a matter of opinion. KDE developers blame distributions for rushing to include a release that was never intended for everyday use, while users blame developers for changing everything. More here. Also, Tectonic published an article titled "Beyond the desktop with KDE4", while the now well-known for its sarcasm 'Linux Hater' blog has something to say too (warning: some profanity).
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2007-04-06
Bullshit, Eugenia. I'm a fan of a lot of what you do, but your admiration of the Linux Hater is dead wrong.
I'll admit the excessive use of profanity is a bit off-putting, but I, too, am willing to look past that and get to the meat of the post. Unfortunately, there isn't any, or at least, precious little.
What the Linux Hater does is use profanity to disguise his vacuous opinions. The rationale is that if he expresses his opinion strongly enough, with such forceful language, that to disagree with him would be inviting idiocy. No-one wants to be associated with 'shit-eaters' and 'jackasses'. And anyone who marginally agrees with his side of the issues finds him or herself nodding along, "yeah, stick it to those f--ktards!"
The Linux Hater's conclusion is "So what's the answer? I say f--k 'em all. Go invest your time in something else where the devs aren't so full of themselves." Tell me, is that really worthwhile? Has the hater actually said something interesting and insightful? His conclusion: giving up on open-source development because he doesn't like the community - really the solution?
And the truth is I -would- have a lot more respect for the LH if he could clearly, intelligently and respectfully articulate his opinions. Instead of opting to be a respected voice, he simply ops to be a loud one.
Let us pay him no more heed.