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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdebase/kicker/core
From:       "Friedrich W. H.  Kossebau" <Friedrich.W.H () Kossebau ! de>
Date:       2004-02-10 19:27:10
Message-ID: 200402102027.10242.Friedrich.W.H () Kossebau ! de
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Am Dienstag, 10. Februar 2004 16:30 schrieb Aaron Seigo:
> On February 10, 2004 8:09, Friedrich W. H.  Kossebau wrote:
> > Personally I wonder whom we expect to use fresh installs from raw KDE as
> > found in CVS. Are there any numbers?
>
> probably the vast minority of KDE users; but those aren't the only people
> our defaults impact. OS vendors start with raw tarballs and modify from
> there. the better we make KDE the less they'll feel they need to modify
> things. this means KDE is less expensive for them (== better) 

Okay. Good argument. Somehow.

> and it means
> that people who use KDE will experience a more consistent experience
> between OSes.

Beeeep. Sorry, can't follow you. What about competition? I would be rather 
afraid if all OSes would be the same.
Bad argument IMHO. (Especially as I think that KDE and others are still miles 
away from a something really usable where one can use and not serve the 
system.)

> OS vendors should not feel compelled into changing KDE too much, IMHO.
> which means we have to do our part ... (and they should help ;)

My only problem is that I am not a taker of "one size fits all". I would vote 
for another kpersonalizer page which tries to offer setups for certain user 
types (home, office,  power user,...)

I feel those who oppose against one or two more decisions in KPersonalizer are 
blinded by some marketing gags like "One click and you are done.". I think we 
should rather stress our strength: "Fit to your needings." This is one or two 
decisions in a lifetime (of that installation), after all. And hopefully 
saves time, still. 

We should look for someone who needs a topic for his thesis at university who 
than should collect typical desktop setups and tell us what we really should 
offer (instead of wild guesses). Out of my possibilities, sadly.

Friedrich
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