[NTLUG:Discuss] SuSE post 11.0 BAD NEWS - Need a new distro

[agoats at compuserve.com]

Depends on what your goals are. If you want different from anything and 
don't care about the learning curve to be able to use it, fine, go for it.

However, if you are trying to take people off of Micro$oft and end a lot 
of virus/spyware/trojan issues, you need something that has the look and 
feel of what the majority of people are used to, which tends to be 
Windows95, Windows98 and WindowsXP. Vista did not catch on, nor would I 
want to even begin to look at Vista. Changing Windows versions typically 
means most of your software you bought no longer works and have to 
"upgrade" or you have to buy new hardware neither of which you can afford.

Best answer: Linux and open source software.

Now, if the KDE folks who started out with the goal of getting people 
off of Windows were to have a clean switch during install that gives me 
what I need (Windows  Look & Feel) and your desire for something alien, 
we'd all be happy. But they went alien and left everyone working to 
migrate the public off of Micro$oft to Linux high and dry. So, I'm not 
happy and there are many others who feel the same, starting with my wife 
and kids.

Alvin

Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> To me KDE 4 was something that was needed KDE 3 was dated and began to
> resemble Windows to closely .
> Of course KDE 4.4.1 , which is the latest , it still has some Windows
> aspects.
> If I am top posting, I am on my phone and don't have a option I can see to
> change that.
>
> Posted with a Droid . Droid !
>
> On Apr 2, 2010 9:47 AM, "Greg Edwards" <greg at nas-inet.com> wrote:
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> Leroy Tennison wrote:
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>> agoats at compuserve.com wrote:
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>>> changes too much, they are easily lost. The KDE 4.0 format is not easy to
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> work with, the themes a...
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>>> Alvin
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>>> Robert Citek wrote:
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>>>>> to Kubuntu as I don't care much for the KDE 4.0 eye candy, lack of
>>>>> immediately usable ic...
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>>>> Regards,
>>>> - Robert
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>> Is anybody over in KDE land listening (or care)?  I thought maybe I was a
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> dinosaur for not likin...
> Mandriva 2010.0 uses KDE 4.3.  4.3 fixed allot of the complaints and
> restored some features lost from 3.2.  For the most part I'm happy with 4.3,
> I really cringed whenever I used 4.0.
>
> --
> Greg E
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