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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: [OT] Best KDE-centric Distribution?
From:       Andre Poenitz <andre.poenitz () mathematik ! tu-chemnitz ! de>
Date:       2008-01-16 16:49:06
Message-ID: 20080116164905.GA4904 () tu-chemnitz ! de
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:04:43PM +0000, José Matos wrote:
> On Monday 14 January 2008 17:46:02 Steve Litt wrote:
> >
> > IIRC the Mandriva 2007 I use defaults to KDE and has lots and lots of KDE
> > programs (I'm writing this on kmail), but my hatred of KDE is so profound
> > that my first step was to switch to IceWM, and my second step was to find
> > non-KDE substitutes for as many KDE programs as I could.
> 
>   With all the due respect :-) but this hate seems a bit irrational. :-)
> 
>   André (out mathed - mathematical editor - guru) still uses fvwm with 16 
> desktops open, at least according to a recent message. I met him before and I 
> have witness this so it seems that you are in good company. :-)

But I use KDE at work, even more or less voluntarily.

> > It's my fervent hope that LyX never becomes a KDE program. Qt is OK, but
> > IMHO KDE programs have too many needless interactions with other programs
> > (like dcop server, gimme a break), needlessly causing crashiness and other
> > problems.
> 
>   dcop is no more in kde 4, long live dbus. :-)

And there's even dbus in Qt 4.4.

Andre'
 

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