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KDE and GNOME
piratePenguin:
The GNOME UI is consistent, and so is KDE's.
Desktop market share in GNU/Linux is probably split between GNOME and KDE and then the rest. I think people should consider graphical applications not GNU/Linux applications, but GNOME/KDE/GTK+/Qt/FLTK/whatever applications. KDE has KOffice, Krita, Konqueror and Kopete and GNOME has GNOME office, the GIMP, Epiphany and GAIM.
While I think it is good that GTK+ and Qt applications use the same clipboard and that DND between GNOME and KDE apps works like a charm, I don't think such functionality should be depended on. It should be assumed that GNOME and KDE apps won't be completely consistent with one another, for almost precisely the same reason it should be assumed that Windows and Mac OS X won't be completely consistent with one another either.
H_TeXMeX_H:
KOffice is a joke to say the least ... has anyone tried that shit besides me ? I was curious about it one day ... thinking hey KDE has some nice, clean apps ... I wonder how their office software is ... well it's shit ... it's highly unstable, not very usable, or compatible (with the ever popular M$ formats I am forced to use :mad: ), or productive (just start trying to do productive stuff with it). OpenOffice is the only 'real' open-source office suite. GNOME office is quite unstable too (Gnumeric especially) ... Abiword is quite good tho.
cymon:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---The GNOME UI is consistent, and so is KDE's.
Desktop market share in GNU/Linux is probably split between GNOME and KDE and then the rest. I think people should consider graphical applications not GNU/Linux applications, but GNOME/KDE/GTK+/Qt/FLTK/whatever applications. KDE has KOffice, Krita, Konqueror and Kopete and GNOME has GNOME office, the GIMP, Epiphany and GAIM.
While I think it is good that GTK+ and Qt applications use the same clipboard and that DND between GNOME and KDE apps works like a charm, I don't think such functionality should be depended on. It should be assumed that GNOME and KDE apps won't be completely consistent with one another, for almost precisely the same reason it should be assumed that Windows and Mac OS X won't be completely consistent with one another either.
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While they are consistant with themselves, it's consistancy with others that matters. The problem is that you have 'GNOME standards', and 'KDE Standards', but not Linux standards, or X11 standards, or Unix standards.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---KOffice is a joke to say the least ... has anyone tried that shit besides me ? I was curious about it one day ... thinking hey KDE has some nice, clean apps ... I wonder how their office software is ... well it's shit ... it's highly unstable, not very usable, or compatible (with the ever popular M$ formats I am forced to use :mad: ), or productive (just start trying to do productive stuff with it). OpenOffice is the only 'real' open-source office suite. GNOME office is quite unstable too (Gnumeric especially) ... Abiword is quite good tho.
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I have KOffice, just to have an office suite. GNOME office wouldn't compile on the first try (could've needed a GCC 4 patch), and it's not increadibly easy to get OOo play good with gcj.
The only KOffice program that's crashed on me is KWord, and it crashes every flipping time I try to type something, so it's not usable. Krita has also crashed a bit, and it seems seriously crap, but it'll probably improve with time.
I've no need for an office suite anyhow.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: cymon ---While they are consistant with themselves, it's consistancy with others that matters. The problem is that you have 'GNOME standards', and 'KDE Standards', but not Linux standards, or X11 standards, or Unix standards.
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Is Mac OS X consistent with KDE?
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