Linked by Andrew Davis on Mon 22nd Nov 2004 20:12 UTC
I admit that I'm a geek. I use Linux. I use Solaris. I use FreeBSD. At times, I use Windows. And without a doubt, I download and try almost every Linux distribution when they come out. Over the last few years, I've tried all of the RedHat/Fedora releases, 2 different Lindows/Linspire releases, Mandrake, Gentoo, Xandros, Suse, Ubuntu, and the list goes on.
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Kevin, I just have one question:
Why did Linspire choose KDE, whose design philosophy is not really aimed at endusers, but rather at advanced users who likes to customize things. If you at the huge list of configurations in KDE and the cluttered interface of Konquorer, you will know what I mean.
Wouldn't gnome make much more sense? I know gstreamer is quite buggy right now, but you can always use rhythmbox-xine and totem-xine. And for CD burning, you can always use K3b and wait for the release og rhythmbox 0.9 or for coaster to mature. The point is gnome is much simpler for people to figure out: they don't have to deal with cluttered interface and endless configurations. All softwares that are shipped with gnome are HIG compliant, which makes them more novice user firendly. Besides, Project Utopia provides superior hardware intergration.
ps. I know KDE users are going to flame me on this one, so flame on!