Linked by David Adams on Thu 29th Sep 2011 23:47 UTC, submitted by lucas_maximus
Linux is struggling on the desktop because it only has a small number of "great" apps, according to the Gnome co-creator. Miguel de Icaza, co-creator of the Gnome desktop, told tech journalist Tim Anderson at the recent Windows 8 Build conference "When you count how many great desktop apps there are on Linux, you can probably name 10," de Icaza said, according to a post on Anderson's IT Writing blog. "You work really hard, you can probably name 20. We've managed to p*** off developers every step of the way, breaking APIs all the time."
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Member since:2008-04-15
The question was asking for "10 really good apps" not 10 KDE packages.
There are plenty of awesome QT apps out there;
(http://packages.python.org/spyder/overview.html)
But parts of the KDE SC don't qualify as 'really good'.
Member since:2007-02-17
The question was asking for "10 really good apps" not 10 KDE packages.
No, it wasn't. The question was, and I quote: "can you list 10 really good apps that DON'T run on Windows?"
There are plenty of awesome QT apps out there; (http://packages.python.org/spyder/overview.html)
A fine application, but Python/Qt apps, such as the one you linked, do typically run on Windows.
YOU didn't answer the question.
But parts of the KDE SC don't qualify as 'really good'.
Why not? Especially the apps that are far better than the equivalent apps on Windows. Why exactly don't they qualify as as 'really good'?
What, we have app prejudice now? Go to the back of the bus, hey?
PS: a number of the apps I quoted are not part of the KDE SC.
Edited 2011-09-30 02:35 UTC
Member since:2005-07-06
"As for the '10 good desktop apps thing', can you list 10 really good apps that DON'T run on Windows?
Depends what you mean by "really good apps". I will interpret it as meaning apps that are at least as good, if not far better, as those currently used for the same purposes on Windows. OK, challenge accepted.
Plasma desktop
digikam
krita
k3b
kate
okular
dolphin
Kst
Amarok
qalculate "
I have to second this list. I'm not sure what Mono Miguel is spewing about. What is "great"? Does he consider Mono great? (I know, it's not an "ap", but wtf? I also agree with what someone just posted the he's having a hard time listing 10 "great" windows apps.
Member since:2007-02-17
"As for the '10 good desktop apps thing', can you list 10 really good apps that DON'T run on Windows?
Depends what you mean by "really good apps". I will interpret it as meaning apps that are at least as good, if not far better, as those currently used for the same purposes on Windows. OK, challenge accepted. Plasma desktop, digikam, krita, k3b, kate, okular, dolphin, Kst, Amarok, qalculate " WTF? Why was this voted down? I listed 10 apps that don't run on Windows. All 10 are at least as good as any other equivalent app for other platforms for the same purpose.
A perfectly polite and concise answer to the question posed.
What on earth is going on with the downvoting?
Is there some point here that some people don't want others to know about, or something?
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Member since:2007-09-23
All 10 are at least as good as any other equivalent app for other platforms for the same purpose.
No they are not, not in my opinion. You see, this "good" word is highly subjective. I for one don't want my screen blasted with the vomit that is Amarok or Dolphin.
But again, that's my highly personal opinion. You sir make it sound like your opinion is the truth. Maybe that pissed people off?
Just a guess, I didn't vote...
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Member since:2011-10-01
SAGE is indeed a good example.
I am not a Linux zealot and use MacOS and Windows every day, but the existence of cygwin is a proof that there is a significant number of people who prefer Linux tools to the analogues in other operating systems. This includes non-command-line applications. For example, I think
http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/
is superior to any other plotting tool I tried (and I tried many). I know at least a dozen of people (all in academia) who share this opinion. It's available on Windows as part of cygwin.
Am I wrong that gnuplot was available for Linux first as well?
Member since:2011-10-01
SAGE is indeed a good example.
I am not a Linux zealot and use MacOS and Windows every day, but the existence of Cygwin is a proof that there is a significant number of people who prefer Linux/Unix tools to their analogues in other operating systems. This includes non-command-line applications. For example, I strongly prefer
http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/
to any other plotting tool I tried (and I tried many). I know at least a dozen of people (all in academia) who share this opinion. Grace can be used on Windows (via cygwin + X server) and Mac OS X.
On the other hand, many good Linux applications (or applications that started as Linux/Unix-only applications) have a niche user base. An average user is unlikely to be interested in either Sage or Grace.
Member since:2007-08-22
"As for the '10 good desktop apps thing', can you list 10 really good apps that DON'T run on Windows?
Depends what you mean by "really good apps". I will interpret it as meaning apps that are at least as good, if not far better, as those currently used for the same purposes on Windows. OK, challenge accepted.
Plasma desktop
digikam
krita
k3b
kate
okular
dolphin
Kst
Amarok
qalculate "
While I agree that those are great apps, most of them do actually run on Windows as one of the stated goals of KDE4 was for more cross-platform capabilities, and to that end windows.kde.org is driving the Windows ports of most all of KDE. This was aided, of course, by TrollTech/Nokia expanding the GPL/LGPL license of Qt to the Windows version, which use to only be for their commercial customers prior to Qt 4.
About the only app that I know of that doesn't run on Windows from KDE is Konsole which is due to the Pty support on Windows (or rather the lack thereof).
I'm not sure of k3b runs on Windows yet or not...it might, but I can't remember.
Oh - and the KDE/Windows folks even provide a nice installer that does a fairly good job of acting as a package manager, albeit only for what they build.
Member since:2011-10-03
One of the problems is not running on Windows, most kde apps while possibly not well tested on windows will run on windows to some extent. see http://windows.kde.org/.
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Depends what you mean by "really good apps". I will interpret it as meaning apps that are at least as good, if not far better, as those currently used for the same purposes on Windows. OK, challenge accepted.
Plasma desktop
digikam
krita
k3b
kate
okular
dolphin
Kst
Amarok
qalculate