Can We Avoid the Great Schism?
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| The details of their rivalry are not relevant here; what matters is that in
| the beginning GNOME was clearly perceived as the saviour of the free software
| movement, with de Icaza as its knight in shining armour, which is rather at
| odds with a current widely-held view on his place in the hacker pantheon.
|
| The point here is not to take sides on this question, but to demonstrate the
| amazing and pernicious effects of Microsoft's recent engagement with the open
| source world. The growing tensions between the KDE and GNOME camps are just
| part of that: another facet is the split of companies into those who believe
| that intellectual monopoly deals with Microsoft are a good idea (Novell,
| Xandros, Turbolinux) and those who do not (Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.).
|
| The result is a growing schism that can only serve Microsoft's interests.
| Unfortunately, this is one area where we don't have a choice: we need to heal
| the rift. The question is, How?
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005924
For Your Business: GNOME or KDE?
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| As for daily workstation use, examine the applications that your business
| will be using in Linux. Weigh in how many of them are built for KDE.
| Customization per workstation aside, most offices will do well with KDE
| installed, but may fall back on GNOME based personal information managers
| such as Evolution over Kontact.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3717261
GNOME's GHOP Contest page
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| GNOME is proud to be a member of the first Google Highly Open Participation
| Contest!
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http://code.google.com/p/google-highly-open-participation-gnome/
First panorama in Krita
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| Getting closer to a release are exiting times, all pieces start to fall
| together in place. Now is time to time to start finishing the features I have
| been working on.
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http://cyrilleberger.blogspot.com/2007/12/first-panorama-in-krita.html
Related:
The Linux.com chat files: Jeff Waugh on "Poop" and "Pita"
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| A statement as clear as "MS delivered OOXML to ECMA as-is MS make the
| decisions about changing it we're drilling for docs" was missed which lead to
| a lot of confusion in the Gnome user community. According to some unconfirmed
| rumours a popular SCO case blogger was so pissed that the person considered
| to switch from Gnome to another Desktop environment. I find it nice that the
| Gnome Foundation "drilled" Microsoft for more documentation. But maybe that
| was soo wrong, too? What if the amount of documentation helped them to sell
| their "standard" to ISO?
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-30201/the-linux-com-chat-files:jeff-waugh-on-poop-and-pita
New Desktop Face-Off: Gnome 2.20 vs KDE 3.5
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| You'll have to decide which tradeoffs between the KDE's functionality and
| Gnome's simplicity will make your work easier, in isolation or by
| collaborating with others.
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http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/10/25/gnome--kde-face-off.html
KDE 4 Beta Videos
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| Jos Poortvliet has produced a set of videos showing some features fo the
| upcoming KDE 4. Until now the featured applications are some games, KTouch,
| Kalzium and Gwenview.
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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/kde-4-beta-videos/
Ready for a new K: an inside look at KDE 4.0
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| When I see how fast new contributors get productive,
| fixing bugs and asking questions on mailing lists - I know it’s working.
| It makes me feel stupid.
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http://rackit.gartnerwebdev.com/2007/08/28/ready-for-a-new-k-an-inside-look-at-kde-40/
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