Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 12, 2006 01:28 AM
Any chance that KDE 4 will lose their bundle-itis? Meaning that KDE would do well to take a few lessons from Firefox. In it's current state, it's a bloated pig. Where many of KDE's apps (some of which suck BTW) are foisted upon the user. In some cases requiring the installation of whole huge meta-packages just to get one applet. For example: Kwickdisk/Kdiskfree should be available by themselves.
How about a clean Desktop with just the basic functionality, minus the Konqueror Web Browser. Then make available individual add-ons (applets).
I know, wishfull thinking. But, wasn't Microsoft hoisted by it's own petard for excessive bundling? Specifically their Internet Browser? If all else fails, try giving the users what they want, and how they want it.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 12, 2006 01:28 AMIn it's current state, it's a bloated pig. Where many of KDE's apps (some of which suck BTW) are foisted upon the user. In some cases requiring the installation of whole huge meta-packages just to get one applet. For example: Kwickdisk/Kdiskfree should be available by themselves.
How about a clean Desktop with just the basic functionality, minus the Konqueror Web Browser. Then make available individual add-ons (applets).
I know, wishfull thinking. But, wasn't Microsoft hoisted by it's own petard for excessive bundling? Specifically their Internet Browser?
If all else fails, try giving the users what they want, and how they want it.
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