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Technical (Development, Security, etc.) => Unix / Linux Discussion => Topic started by: Newby on December 13, 2005, 07:35:53 PM

Title: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Newby on December 13, 2005, 07:35:53 PM
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00021.html

Good. fucking. game.

KDE > Gnome!
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Blaze on December 13, 2005, 08:03:09 PM
XFCE FTW.
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Sidoh on December 13, 2005, 08:03:26 PM
Quote from: Newby on December 13, 2005, 07:35:53 PM
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00021.html

Good. fucking. game.

KDE > Gnome!

Haha, good game.

NO!  KDE > XFCE. -_-
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Ergot on December 13, 2005, 08:16:43 PM
I do... I think that it's the easiest to use for people just starting out or just switched from Windows.  Other than that, it's terrible :P
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: iago on December 13, 2005, 08:43:39 PM
Haha, you guys are all losers for even arguing about it. 

Use the one you feel most comfortable in, and stick with it.  If that's KDE, fine.  If it's Gnome or WindowMaker or Fluxbox or XFCE, that's fine too. 

Of course, that doesn't preclude the possibility of me making fun of people for using KDE..
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Chavo on December 13, 2005, 08:57:00 PM
You're a loser for arguing with the losers!

I still haven't decided which I like best and still probably spend half my time in runlevel 3 (Arch is incredibly good for learning IMO).
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Joe on December 13, 2005, 09:02:53 PM
GNOME FOR THE WIN! =(
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 09:46:22 PM
Down with Gnome and all things gnomish.  Go xfce/KDE!
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: iago on December 13, 2005, 09:57:16 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 09:46:22 PM
Down with Gnome and all things gnomish.  Go xfce/KDE!

xfce is a lot like Gnome, actually :P
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Joe on December 13, 2005, 10:06:23 PM
I think xfce is more like /dev/null than anything else =p
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: deadly7 on December 13, 2005, 10:08:23 PM
XFCE is my favorite since KDE totally owns my PC.
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 10:13:33 PM
Quote from: iago on December 13, 2005, 09:57:16 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 09:46:22 PM
Down with Gnome and all things gnomish.  Go xfce/KDE!

xfce is a lot like Gnome, actually :P
Yeah, so?  Gnome has a silent "g", and thus is tricky. xfce isn't tricky.  There's nothing tricky about it.  Watch: "xfce".  See what I mean?  xfce > Gnome.
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: iago on December 13, 2005, 10:16:08 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 10:13:33 PM
Quote from: iago on December 13, 2005, 09:57:16 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 09:46:22 PM
Down with Gnome and all things gnomish.  Go xfce/KDE!

xfce is a lot like Gnome, actually :P
Yeah, so?  Gnome has a silent "g", and thus is tricky. xfce isn't tricky.  There's nothing tricky about it.  Watch: "xfce".  See what I mean?  xfce > Gnome.

I pronounce it "Gee nome", personally.  I don't know why, but I thought it sounded better at some point in history, so eh? :)
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 10:27:58 PM
/me smacks iago
"Nnome"

Like how you would pronounce it of the garden variety.
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Quik on December 13, 2005, 11:46:07 PM
Quote from: iago on December 13, 2005, 10:16:08 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 10:13:33 PM
Quote from: iago on December 13, 2005, 09:57:16 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 13, 2005, 09:46:22 PM
Down with Gnome and all things gnomish.  Go xfce/KDE!

xfce is a lot like Gnome, actually :P
Yeah, so?  Gnome has a silent "g", and thus is tricky. xfce isn't tricky.  There's nothing tricky about it.  Watch: "xfce".  See what I mean?  xfce > Gnome.

I pronounce it "Gee nome", personally.  I don't know why, but I thought it sounded better at some point in history, so eh? :)


We all do it. I've pronounced your name in my head "e ah go (yago)" for a while. At one point, I thought Spht had an a in it or something, I've always thought of him as "Sphalt (asphalt)". Unsure why, first impressions just stick, especially name pronunciations.
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Blaze on December 14, 2005, 07:33:43 AM
Quote from: iago on December 13, 2005, 10:16:08 PM
I pronounce it "Gee nome", personally.  I don't know why, but I thought it sounded better at some point in history, so eh? :)
:o NOOOOOOOOOOOOO..OOOO!
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: MyndFyre on December 14, 2005, 05:57:54 PM
Quote from: Quik on December 13, 2005, 11:46:07 PM
We all do it. I've pronounced your name in my head "e ah go (yago)" for a while. At one point, I thought Spht had an a in it or something, I've always thought of him as "Sphalt (asphalt)". Unsure why, first impressions just stick, especially name pronunciations.
I've always thought "spit" was more appropriate.  :P

Here's the problem: a window manager is necessary for Linux to compete with Windows.  However, if you don't learn Linux outside of the window manager, you can't hardly do anything powerful with it.  You'll miss bash scripting, you'll not get the commands, you won't know how to fix it when it breaks.
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Newby on December 14, 2005, 05:59:03 PM
That's why they made X terminals. :)
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: rabbit on December 14, 2005, 06:02:04 PM
su :X
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Sidoh on December 14, 2005, 07:28:51 PM
Quote from: MyndFyrex86] link=topic=4156.msg44988#msg44988 date=1134601074]
I've always thought "spit" was more appropriate.  :P

Here's the problem: a window manager is necessary for Linux to compete with Windows.  However, if you don't learn Linux outside of the window manager, you can't hardly do anything powerful with it.  You'll miss bash scripting, you'll not get the commands, you won't know how to fix it when it breaks.

I've always pronounced his name "Sfit."  How's it supposed to be pronounced?
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: rabbit on December 14, 2005, 08:05:51 PM
It's pronounced "Meow (http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=13166.0)"
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Sidoh on December 14, 2005, 08:08:57 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 14, 2005, 08:05:51 PM
It's pronounced "Meow (http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=13166.0)"

Haha.  I think picking names that are impossible to understand how to pronounce by the laws of language (unless you make it obvious that it's an acronym or something) is mean! :(
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Newby on December 14, 2005, 09:59:30 PM
I've always pronounced it "spit".
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: rabbit on December 14, 2005, 10:26:59 PM
"Meow" is a link, btw.
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Sidoh on December 14, 2005, 10:42:27 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 14, 2005, 10:26:59 PM
"Meow" is a link, btw.

We noticed. :)
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: rabbit on December 15, 2005, 04:25:12 PM
It was just FYI :)
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Warrior on December 15, 2005, 04:41:54 PM
I pronounce spht: Spit and pronounce iago: eye-a-go
I pronounce sidoh: Sihdow.
Title: Re: Torvalds: "...tell people to use KDE."
Post by: Sidoh on December 15, 2005, 04:58:45 PM
Quote from: Warriorx86] link=topic=4156.msg45239#msg45239 date=1134682914]
I pronounce spht: Spit and pronounce iago: eye-a-go
I pronounce sidoh: Sihdow.

I initially pronounced iago "eye - aye - go," but I've realized that was wrong and now see it as "yah - go."

Spht seems to be ss - fit to me, but I don't know.  It's a weird name.

I'm actually unsure of the correct pronounciation of "Sidoh," since it's not a real word or name, but I say "Sigh - Dough."  "Sid - Oh" works fine too, though. :)