Hey Bruce, > You should be aware that we have a little problem with KDE. It uses Qt, > which isn't free software by Debian's definition. For this reason,
Yes I saw your post the other day regarding the alternatives. Is GNOME usable as a day to day solution yet? I noticed that there isn't a Debian package for it (or not one I can see anyway). > we are looking very hard at several upcoming replacements for KDE, and > will probably designate one as our preferred graphical desktop when it > is ready. If I had to guess which one that would be today, I'd say GNOME, > which you can read about at http://www.gnome.org/ . Maybe I'm missing something here (possibly the enormity of the battle on 'our' hands... and I mean that seriously) but it seems to me that by choosing against something like KDE (which to all intents and purposes *is* free software to the end user) we are spiting ourselves. When something like GNOME or Berlin is a viable solution for people then by all means, embrace that solution as it fits with our/Debian's adgenda better, but until then why not encourage people to use KDE? It seems like the best option going at the moment... > Other Linux distributions that care about free software will be making > similar decisions. This seems spitefull to me... it seems that there are issues at stake which are not being spoken outloud... but then again, maybe I'm missing something. Adam. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
