Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 22, 2005 12:16 AM
I chose Ubuntu because it provides an up-to-date version of Debian, and because it is a Gnome-based desktop.
I avoid all Qt-based software because I am worried about Trolltech lock-in.
But that's just me. For people who aren't nervous about Trolltech, there were already lots of KDE-based distributions around, such as Xandros, Linspire, Lycoris, SimplyMEPIS, and so on.
The only thing I wonder about is, with all those other KDE-based distributions to choose from, why did some KDE developers feel it necessary to waste time trying to make a KDE version of Ubuntu? The only way it makes sense to me is as part of a Trolltech embrace-and-extend scheme, i.e. to make sure that everyone thinks of Qt as an integral part of Linux.
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I chose Ubuntu because it is Gnome-based
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 22, 2005 12:16 AMI avoid all Qt-based software because I am worried about Trolltech lock-in.
But that's just me. For people who aren't nervous about Trolltech, there were already lots of KDE-based distributions around, such as Xandros, Linspire, Lycoris, SimplyMEPIS, and so on.
The only thing I wonder about is, with all those other KDE-based distributions to choose from, why did some KDE developers feel it necessary to waste time trying to make a KDE version of Ubuntu? The only way it makes sense to me is as part of a Trolltech embrace-and-extend scheme, i.e. to make sure that everyone thinks of Qt as an integral part of Linux.
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