From kde Wed Aug 26 21:53:28 1998 From: Roberto Alsina Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:53:28 +0000 To: kde Subject: Re: KDE win95 theme? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde&m=90416778515142 On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Charles H. Tankersley wrote: > Who cares if it looks like 95 (or 98, 0r NT). those of use, the neophytes, > who are moving to KDE is not what it looks like, but rather, what it does for > us. Most of us have APP's which are written for M$ windows operating system, > we know these apps very well and the apps do the job. Why re-invent the wheel > if you wish to "sell" you desktop operating system, the world is full of very > useful tools, such as< use AutocadLT 97, which runs on WIN-X. It is an > excelent program and does it's job well, and is so widely used that all of us > who work in design must have and use it, it is part of our infrastructure. > All I want is a stable, reliable system which does not crash all the time and > which I can use as a base for my productive tools. Who cares if looks like > OS/2 warp, WIN95/98/NT, MAC, or what. Those are just operating systems, not > productions. > > I now have SuSE 5.2 LINUX/KDE beta 3 installed on my machine, but have not > learned to use it YET. I do not know how to connect to the internet with it > (yet), nor how to download and install (configure) new APPs (yet), or how to > get to my most useful tools which are HERE, in my WIN95 operating system > (YET). I am NOT a programmer of any kind, I am just a user who needs his > TOOLS to work in order to do MY job, which is designing chemical plants, > refineries, power plants, etc, so we all can have the energy to run our > computers.... Hey, thanks for oil and electricity! ;-) Now, just as a comment: these things, making kde look like 95 or a rainforest, or a NiN concert or whatever are just sideshows (I don't know if it's the right word). I mean, those who can't really code can do it, and those who can code can do it to relax a bit. I mean, networking code gets kinda boring after a couple of years :-) ("\''/").__..-''"`-. . Roberto Alsina `9_ 9 ) `-. ( ).`-._.`) ralsina@unl.edu.ar (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._`. " -.-' Centro de Telematica _..`-'_..-_/ /-'_.' Universidad Nacional del Litoral (l)-'' ((i).' ((!.' Santa Fe - Argentina KDE Developer (MFCH) "I can attempt anything, specialization is for insects" (50% Heinlein). -- Send posts to: kde@lists.netcentral.net Send all commands to: kde-request@lists.netcentral.net Put your command in the SUBJECT of the message: "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "set digest on", or "set digest off" ********************************************************************** This list is from your pals at NetCentral