On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 14:04:49 -0800 Gary Roach <gary719_li...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > After reading through this topic I find myself ask what happened to > KDE. I know its old and is probably bloated. But, with 500 GB of disk > space, 4GB of RAM and a 4 processor CPU, who cares. Its solid. I like > it and have never liked Gnome. Am I missing something here? > > My guess would be two factors: undeniably, many Linux users are drawn by the lower costs, and these are people who hate to throw a PC away. If on the other hand, you replace your PC (or internals) every couple of years, you will always have a PC capable of running Windows, and therefore one which will easily run the most bloated possible Linux system. Neither Gnome nor KDE will run slowly. The general issue with Gnome3 is its appetite for resources, and as you say, the latest KDE is similar. Knoppix dropped KDE some time ago in favour of LXDE for resource reasons. The other reason I draw from the dim depths of memory, and I may be wrong. I seem to recall that at one time, Qt was not as free (in the FOSS sense) as it might be, and that there was a slight inclination away from KDE and towards Gnome, which was more free, though a bit more primitive at the time. When that kind of situation occurs, the memory lingers, even if the reason disappears, and I believe Qt no longer has any licensing issues and hasn't for years. There is some movement away from MySQL and towards MariaDB, for the same reason, even though they are still functionally almost identical. Debian, of course, tends to be very sensitive to such issues. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131206223320.25032...@jretrading.com
