Mono is definitely a polarising issue for people who care about open source. I am not saying that people who use it don't care, but rather hope people think about it and what is involved. Chasing a Microsoft standard is never a good idea. Many people remember what happens to companies that have done this in the past. Standards for Microsoft are just another way of gaining leverage and then leaving the competition behind. So far there are few benefits to users and at the same time Microsoft continues to allege patent infringement by Linux without spelling out what is being infringed.
I won't touch it until Microsoft clarifies things. They are being tight lipped about Mono for a reason. It is no accident that they are not stating a policy other than saying Novell users are protected. Implicit in that is a threat to the rest of us who have not signed an patent protection agreement. Besides it is released under so many different licenses that you need a law degree to figure it out. Talk about encumbered. So if you think that it may not be worth fretting, who do you trust? KDE 3.5 was okay but was really dated. It needed an update if it was to compete against Windows Vista/7 and OS/X. It was fine when we were competing against XP. Same goes for GNOME. If you want to offer an alternative then you need to keep up and add some things of your own. KDE 4.0 /4.1 was not ready for prime time, but 4.3x is great! It is faster that 3.5 and offers more toys.It has built in compositing and widgets. You do not need Compiz or Desklets or Google Gadgets. The ones that come with it are great. You have excellent control over your desktop so you can really tailor it to suit your needs. GNOME 3 should be similar in many respects, but they have learned from KDE's mistakes and will take it slower. It all depends on how anxious you are. You can install it now. Roy On 1 September 2010 12:18, Shaun Marolf <shaun.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 08:43 -0400, Roy wrote: >> But your response does not make sense. :) >> >> KDE has no Mono which is a big plus and that opens up another big can >> of worms. If anyone thinks that KDE or GNOME debate is argumentative, >> just see how people get worked up about Mono. There are many anti-Mono >> websites. People devote their lives to bashing Mono. Richard Stallman >> has even called Miguel de Icaza a "traitor" to FOSS over Mono and >> others call him a Microsoft apologist or even an "employee". These are >> two of the biggest names in open source. It does not get better than >> this. :) >> > I use Gnome and loved KDE 3.5 but found 4.0 was just not what I wanted. > Not sure how I'll feel about Gnome 3 but I already know I don't feel > Gnome Shell is anywhere near ready for prime time. > > I don't feel the Mono Issue is anything worth fretting over but I > personally will not have it on my system. (Its bloated anyway) > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
