Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 19, 2006 11:38 PM
This is really good news.
Free-Libre Open Source software needs more collaboration among the big ones... Above all with all the funny flame wars between fans of different desktops, distros,etc.
This does not mean that both desktops are going to finish being the same. The richness of open source is the variety of options for several key components of an OS (like kernels, GUIs, Windows managers,Compilers<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...).
KDE and GNOME will not become identical ever for the fact of Collaborating on Free Desktop Promotion. And they never should...
They are quite different and that is good for all. I think other GUIs and Windows Managers should collaborate too with KDE and GNOME, and between themselves...
By the way I have written a poem dedicated to the Open source GUIs and Windows Managers. It was done 2 or 3 months ago, but I have retouched it. I think this is the definitive version. I am translating it to English and French, and maybe other languages. Sorry if you do not speak Spanish. If someone think He/She is good in translating a poem, I'll accept any helping hand... Its free to be used and published... Read below...
Maybe is not the technical stuff that some readers expect, but I think it is not bad to celebrate that both projects, KDE and GNOME are Collaborating on Free Desktop Promotion.
It is also a good point for the fans of both projects and Open Source, and a nice relaxing little lecture, that is related, anyway, with computers and Operating Systems.
Programming is a kind of art, after all (ask Alan Cox). So you can take 2 minutes of relaxation in the week-end with a differnt art... I hope you enjoy it!!!
Interfaces, binaries, acussations & ordinary (common) desires (Original title in Spanish: Interfaces, binarios, acusaciones y deseos ordinarios)
POÈME – POEMA – POEM (Free as beer<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...)
Explicative POEM, and hommage to GNOME and KDE... ( or to KDE y a GNOME... LOL) and other Free, Libre, Open Source GUIs, Shells and Windows Managers...
GNOmeándo en VISTA y en XP,<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:) Mirando con ternura a KDE... Pasando con holgura del tal Gates, Usando la terminal... y yo qué se...
No quiero otros programas manejar, que estos de la “libre” sociedad. Que GNOME me encanta, ya lo ves. Es limpio y fácil, no es vulgar.
Binarios tienes que vender, y yo los he de rechazar. Hay algo en ellos que temer, pues no son libres de verdad.
Binarios tienes para dar, ceros y unos... a miles, por doquier; que sean en GNOME o KDE, me aportaran mas libertad.
En mi escritorio, ya lo ves, hay ahora "ventanas" de verdad, con "Vista" hacia la libertad; sin falsas rejas que temer.
La diatriba sobre cual utilizar, hace que me escape la risa sin querer. A los zaleotes voy sin duda asombrar pues ultimamente uso Enlightenment y XFCE.
Cual sea tu escritorio de placer, el gusto en la pantalla del PC, el encanto, la ilusión en la interfaz, que sepas, que es como el querer;
que lo que hoy hoy gusta y da placer, mañana hastía y vas a odiar. La importancia esta en juntar inteligencia y fuerza para obrar.
Los que con esfuerzo se unen para hacer de tanto cero un montaña de verdad, tienen en mi triste corazón una ráfaga de fuerza sin igual.
La aByeccIón y la faLacia del Ladrón, la desidia y dejadez del inmoral, los binarios de programas del montón, las montañas de dinero, publicidad...
no bastan para amedrentar a los ángeles del código y su fe; su fuente, su riqueza, su expansión... La libre programación no parará.
Bien nacido, yo agradezco por igual todas las interfaces que en mi escritorio son, todas las que ayudan a expandir, en su código abierto de programación, las nuevas ideas, conocimientos, los nuevos vientos de libertad...
- If you like this poem dedicated to GNOME, KDE and other GUIs you can copy, use, publish... it. The only conditions are: stating clearly the author of the poem, and communicating it first to the author. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire poem is permitted in any medium without royalty, provided this notice is preserved.
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Re:Editorial Rewrite + POEM
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 19, 2006 11:38 PMFree-Libre Open Source software needs more collaboration among the big ones...
Above all with all the funny flame wars between fans of different desktops, distros,etc.
This does not mean that both desktops are going to finish being the same. The richness of open source is the variety of options for several key components of an OS (like kernels, GUIs, Windows managers,Compilers<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...).
KDE and GNOME will not become identical ever for the fact of Collaborating on Free Desktop Promotion. And they never should...
They are quite different and that is good for all. I think other GUIs and Windows Managers should collaborate too with KDE and GNOME, and between themselves...
By the way I have written a poem dedicated to the Open source GUIs and Windows Managers. It was done 2 or 3 months ago, but I have retouched it.
I think this is the definitive version. I am translating it to English and French, and maybe other languages. Sorry if you do not speak Spanish. If someone think He/She is good in
translating a poem, I'll accept any helping hand...
Its free to be used and published... Read below...
Maybe is not the technical stuff that some readers expect, but I think it is not bad to celebrate that both projects, KDE and GNOME are Collaborating on Free Desktop Promotion.
It is also a good point for the fans of both projects and Open Source, and a nice relaxing little lecture, that is related, anyway, with computers and Operating Systems.
Programming is a kind of art, after all (ask Alan Cox). So you can take 2 minutes of relaxation in the week-end with a differnt art... I hope you enjoy it!!!
Interfaces, binaries, acussations & ordinary (common) desires
(Original title in Spanish: Interfaces, binarios, acusaciones y deseos ordinarios)
POÈME – POEMA – POEM (Free as beer<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...)
Explicative POEM, and hommage to GNOME and KDE... ( or to KDE y a GNOME... LOL) and other Free, Libre, Open Source GUIs, Shells and Windows Managers...
GNOmeándo en VISTA y en XP,<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)
Mirando con ternura a KDE...
Pasando con holgura del tal Gates,
Usando la terminal... y yo qué se...
No quiero otros programas manejar,
que estos de la “libre” sociedad.
Que GNOME me encanta, ya lo ves.
Es limpio y fácil, no es vulgar.
Binarios tienes que vender,
y yo los he de rechazar.
Hay algo en ellos que temer,
pues no son libres de verdad.
Binarios tienes para dar,
ceros y unos... a miles, por doquier;
que sean en GNOME o KDE,
me aportaran mas libertad.
En mi escritorio, ya lo ves,
hay ahora "ventanas" de verdad,
con "Vista" hacia la libertad;
sin falsas rejas que temer.
La diatriba sobre cual utilizar,
hace que me escape la risa sin querer.
A los zaleotes voy sin duda asombrar
pues ultimamente uso Enlightenment y XFCE.
Cual sea tu escritorio de placer,
el gusto en la pantalla del PC,
el encanto, la ilusión en la interfaz,
que sepas, que es como el querer;
que lo que hoy hoy gusta y da placer,
mañana hastía y vas a odiar.
La importancia esta en juntar
inteligencia y fuerza para obrar.
Los que con esfuerzo se unen para hacer
de tanto cero un montaña de verdad,
tienen en mi triste corazón
una ráfaga de fuerza sin igual.
La aByeccIón y la faLacia del Ladrón,
la desidia y dejadez del inmoral,
los binarios de programas del montón,
las montañas de dinero, publicidad...
no bastan para amedrentar
a los ángeles del código y su fe;
su fuente, su riqueza, su expansión...
La libre programación no parará.
Bien nacido, yo agradezco por igual
todas las interfaces que en mi escritorio son,
todas las que ayudan a expandir,
en su código abierto de programación,
las nuevas ideas, conocimientos, los nuevos vientos de libertad...
- If you like this poem dedicated to GNOME, KDE and other GUIs you can copy, use, publish... it. The only conditions are: stating clearly the author of the poem, and communicating it first to the author.
Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire poem is permitted in any medium without royalty, provided this notice is preserved.
Autor – Author - Auteur : Angel Arce
angel.j@advalvas.be
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