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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Dec 2005 09:47 UTC

Without tip-toeing around the matter, Linus Torvalds made his preference in the GNOME vs. KDE matter quite clear on the GNOME-usability list: "I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE. This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do. Please, just tell people to use KDE." Also, "Gnome seems to be developed by interface nazis, where consistently the excuse for not doing something is not 'it's too complicated to do', but 'it would confuse users'." Update: More of the discussion here.

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RE[2]: Torvalds?

by on Tue 13th Dec 2005 12:32 UTC in reply to "RE: Torvalds?"

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This is so typical: criticize GNOME - you are labeled a troll, even if you are Linus. Even better: get modded up because you labeled someone critical of GNOME a troll. Way to go folks.

Well, calling GNOME developers f--king idiots and interface nazis, no matter the opinion, is totally insulting and trollish. Now, if he didn't stick to insults and such, it wouldn't be easy to label as a troll.

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RE[3]: Torvalds?

by CrimsonScythe on Tue 13th Dec 2005 22:25 in reply to "RE[2]: Torvalds?"

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2005-07-10

I think you need to read those emails again. He's saying that GNOME is treating their users as idiots, not that their developers are idiots. I can't really see why anybody modded you up for that. If they actually read TFA, that is...

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RE[4]: Torvalds?

by nxsty on Wed 14th Dec 2005 15:28 in reply to "RE[3]: Torvalds?"

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2005-11-12

He's saying that gnome is developed for idiots which is basicly the same thing as saying "if you like gnome you are an idiot".

So this is pure trolling. The "interface nazis" stuff too. I really had higher thoughts of Linus.

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