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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: High Five Roberto
From:       Holger Thon <devel_ht () unidui ! uni-duisburg ! de>
Date:       1999-05-23 7:56:56
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Bernd Gehrmann wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 21 May 1999, Holger Thon wrote:
> > > > "Corel will also build its desktop Linux offering around the Debian
> > > > GNU/Linux distribution."
> > >
> > > Yes, "around". They use Debian as foundation and add KDE and their
> >
> > Hm, any word seems to have a meaning in this sentence... :-)))))
> > I just wondered why they don't want to include kde but corel's linux
> > desktop. And the article itself suggests this.
> 
> Oh well :-) The word 'desktop' is used in different meanings here.
> In the context 'desktop Linux offering' it implies that Corel's
> distribution is mainly aiming at 'desktop users', i. e. users of
> office applications, whereas other distributions like Red Hat or
> Caldera have an emphasis on the server market.
> 
> > Well, besides: What debian plans to do sounds really interesting. Why
> > isn't this posted to the Debian weekly news as well? I also think
> > dselect has to be revised or exchanged, though it's still better than
> > e.g. DLD's java based installer (aka: give me more ressources than you
> > have installer... ;-).
> 
> Have you tried gnome-apt? I've not yet used it, but it is said to
> be quite nice.

Not yet, i downloaded the sources already but i have to update to
another gtk, imlib, and so on to use it. At the moment i'm too lazy for
that procedure, for i would have to recompile other gtk and imlib apps
as well. And somebody told me: N-TARS rules.


Regards,
  Holger

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