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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You're right : OSX is an OS while Gnome is a GUI.
I was referring to the 'ease of use' when compared to the cluttered KDE interface. OS X is clean and so is GNOME. That's what I was talking about. OS X Tiger 'Dashboards' resemble GNOME desklets. They sure work different and are different, but as a user experience they look both clean and easy, and similar.
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No. I can read. Maybe you're not so well educated :
This is what Linus said :
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.
Linus
Well i do not feel an idiot because I use GNOME or because I prefer to use a GUI instead of a terminal.
I have the right to feel offended by these words, and you should better connect your brain before speak.
Member since:No. I can read. Maybe you're not so well educated :
No you can't, and your usage of the english language shows that you are probably less educated than you think. (English isn't my native language either.)
This is what Linus said :
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.
Well i do not feel an idiot because I use GNOME or because I prefer to use a GUI instead of a terminal.
I have the right to feel offended by these words, and you should better connect your brain before speak.
Ok, smartass. Where in the quote above does he state that those who use gnome are idiots? Nowhere. He speaks of a mindset among the gnome-developers, that makes them treat their users as idiots. A HUGE difference. You need to brush up on your reading comprehension before you run around and get offended by everything. In fact, I find you are quite insulting yourself, since you can't be arsed to find out what someone actually is saying before you jump them. Not that I expected a zealot do something that complicated, but it would have been nice to be proven wrong on that one.
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I prefer Gnome. I'm not a nazi. I am offended by this dialogue. As a soon to switch Mac user, I have to say that similarities are there between Mac OS X and GNOME. Easy, clean interace, but Mac users are not dumb people, nor are GNOME users!
I would suggest mr Linus to be on prozac for some weeks.
Maybe he would be less offensive, while retaining his own preferences like he has the right to do, as do I and everybody.