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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Member since:2005-07-06
I'm sorry, but it was said. From http://troy-at-kde.livejournal.com/17753.html
No it was not and, the quote you provided does underscore the fact.
"Does KDE even need users?"
If the users are harming the project, we don't need those users. I've hesitated to tell these users to (quoting the recently deceased Carlin) "go outside and play hide and go f--k yourself."
If the users are harming the project, we don't need those users. I've hesitated to tell these users to (quoting the recently deceased Carlin) "go outside and play hide and go f--k yourself."
As you clearly specify users harming the project, thats users having negative contribution. Those are clearly not wanted anywhere. KDE are no exception to that.
So nowhere are users asked to go f--k yourself, only people out to harm the project. Thats a huge and obvious difference.
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2005-10-13
I'm sorry, but it was said. From http://troy-at-kde.livejournal.com/17753.html
If the users are harming the project, we don't need those users. I've hesitated to tell these users to (quoting the recently deceased Carlin) "go outside and play hide and go f--k yourself."
Edit: To be fair, he mentioned at the top that it was a rant and later apologized for it. But the post spawned a great deal of discussion among other KDE developers, with many agreeing with the position at least to some degree. (And others disagreeing whole heartedly.)
Edited 2008-07-06 08:44 UTC