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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Take a look at Linux1.no
From:       Birger Kollstrand <birger.kollstrand () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2006-06-18 9:54:41
Message-ID: 200606181625.09295.birger.kollstrand () losmail ! no
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Fredag 16 juni 2006 23:39, skrev Aaron J. Seigo:
> > > so in other words, be helpful, positive and pro-active. people
> > > gravitate towards such things naturally.
> > 
> > I do find this very naive.
> 
> and yet it works.
No. Because the Gnome community is also very helpful, positive and pro-active 
so they pick desktop by coincidence. I would like to influence the newcommers 
to then to pick KDE.


> > Now I ask again:
> > Is there a god "10 points" to convince a new user to choose KDE when they
> > want to try Linux?

> for me, i often note things like:
> 
> - kde is the most popular free / open source software desktop (most people
> find comfort in numbers ;)
> 
> - it's flexible while remaining usable. it doesn't try and limit what you
> can do so that you can acclompish whatever it is you need to get done.
> 
> - you'll find our technology used in a lot of other places, such as in
> MacOS X (webbrowser, sherlock when it was around, nokia phones, etc) which
> says a lot about the quality of our software
> 
> - we have an amazing user community as you can see at kde-look.org,
> kde-apps.org and our user mailing lists.
> 
> - cool stuff? you bet! superkaramba, amarok, print to pdf in every app
> that prints, a truly useful file dialog, konqueror (the best filemanager
> out there, period), kio (show people how to use fish.. that's an instant
> winner), dcop and more ...
> 
> - apps are generally consistent. e.g. there's exactly one way in all kde
> apps to configure toolbars and set keyboard shortcuts. print dialogs are
> the same in every app. etc, etc. .. this means you don't have to learn as
> much.
> 
> - if you use desktop linux, you're probably going to end up using kde apps
> anyways like k3b or amarok. if you use them inside a kde desktop they start
> faster and use less total memory on your system.
> 
> - for developers we simply have the best development tools: designer,
> kdevelop, kde frontends to valgrind, build systems, nice APIs, etc...
> 
> - if you need calendaring and email combined, it's hard to be kontact.
> this is a highlight example of the integration in kde since kontact is
> actually half a dozen individual apps all cooperating behind the scenes to
> create one full groupware app: you can even run the components separately
> (kmail, korganizer, kaddressbook, etc)! and of course the integration
> doesn't stop there: kontact happens to integrate very nicely with the
> kopete instant messenger.
> 
> were i to put together a static website with "10 points" i'd probably start
> by doing separate lists for different categories: media, business use,
> content creation, enthusiasts, free software advocates, etc ...
Thank you! I'm not to good at this marketing so I need advice.



> 
> but just for fun , let me see if i can work this into a real flame war:
> your mother smells of elderberries! oooooh, zing!
How could you possibly know!?!?

 
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