Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Apr 2006 18:52 UTC
OSDL coders are looking to solve one of Linux's greatest problems for developers: the battle between GNOME and KDE. The Open Source Developer Labs is previewing work that attempts to make life easier for software companies by bridging GNOME and KDE, the two competing graphical interfaces most widely used with Linux. The effort, called Project Portland, began showing its first software tools on Tuesday in conjunction with this week's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in Boston. Using them, a software company can write a single software package that works using either of the prevailing graphical interfaces.
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2005-06-29
"horrible Qt license that Qt will become deprecated"
Oh no! We'd better deprecate the rest of Linux too, including the kernel for using the same license. Quick! It's holding back the "Linux desktop"!
Can you prove they made these comments about Qt, because frankly it sounds absolutely absurd to me. The license is fine, the problem is their price tag on the commercial version.
"And to porcel, 9 years ago KDE and to a lesser extent Gnome were coming into fruition. But because of braindead lack of cooperation, desktop linux failed."
Wow man, in that case Windows and Mac OS failed because they weren't compatible either. When you think about it KDE and Gnome are different desktop environments, but they could have been part of completely different operating systems too. Just because they share the same kernel and GNU tools, and thus can run many of each other's applications, doesn't mean they cause desktop Linux to fail. If anything the choice is benificial since Linux would loose many users if either one of the desktop environments were to cease development, and there is already a lot of cooperation, the only significant barriers are:
- GTK and Qt don't render the same
- KDE and Gnome have different user interface guidelines.
- KDE apps start slow outside of KDE.
"Desktop linux could've been better than OSX, not it's just a historical footnote except to "enthusiasts" - yeah, that's a euphemism for you zealot drones."
And calling you a troll is just a euphemism for arrogant childish person who has a cow orifice for a mouth.