Rick wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:54:47 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:38:11 +0100, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>
>>> Rick wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:49:33 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> GTK+ 3.0: Getting serious.
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | GTK+ has come a long way. From its humble beginnings as “The GIMP
>>>>> ToolKit”, | it is now used in a plethora of applications. In fact,
>>>>> GTK+ is very popular. | GNOME, one of the leading desktop environment
>>>>> on Unix systems, uses GTK+ | almost exclusively. The Gimp is built
>>>>> upon GTK+, of course. And there are | many commercial software
>>>>> developers like Adobe, NVidia and VMware that | decided to use it as
>>>>> a base for their products. `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://federkiel.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/gtk-30-getting-serious/
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, it is a shame KDE isn't built on gtk+.
>>>
>>> Why? GTK is, compared to KDEs infrastructure, a total mess. Have you
>>> ever looked with a programmers eye on both toolkits? KDE is vastly
>>> superior in that regard
>>
>> From an end user perspective I find kde much more professional and
>> smooth running compared to gnome.
>>
>>>> I prefer KDE to Gnome, but generally use gtk apps.
>>>>
>>> Again, why? There are few which don't have a good KDE counterpart.
>>> Granted, it makes no real difference for a user if he uses KDE or Gnome
>>> (as seen from the apps). If a Gnome/GTK app is run under KDE, it still
>>> runs just as well as if run under Gnome.
>>
>> Not always true.
>> Take Pan fro example, which I *think* is a gtk application (correct me
>> if I am wrong).
>>
>> I had some weird problems with the 14.x series, but only when running
>> under kde.
>> Under gnome it worked fine.
>>
>> Stuff like hangs and screen repaint problems. Intermittant, but I was
>> advised to try it under gnome and it never failed.
>>
>> I had all the libraries etc.
>>
>> I *think* this was with a version of Suse, but again I don't really
>> remember the exact specifics other than gnome solved the problem.
>
> I use pan for usenet. At the moment version 0.132. I think that's the
> latest in the PCLOS repositories. No problems like what you described.
>
Naturally not. He is making it up. He is flatfish, after all
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