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Re: Uh uh kool uh
by Bryan Feeney on Monday 20/May/2002, @07:40

There's two reasons why this is beneficial. First it provides an easy non-destructive way for a windows user to experience the Linux desktop. Most people balk at the idea of partitioning their disk and installing a completely new operating system on it. This gives them a reason to give it a go.

Secondly, there is work on a rootless windows version of X - this would allow KDE applications to operate transparently alongside Windows applications, which would allow more people to try them out, and, again give them more incentive to go for the whole thing.

Finally, why on earth should anyone have to do anything for a good reason? If you've got an itch, scratch it and be proud ;-)

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Re: Uh uh kool uh
by Andy Wingo on Monday 20/May/2002, @12:37

I agree. Although personally it's difficult to get beyond the feeling of 'wasting time' on the win32 port, I also remember trying out litestep (an afterstep clone for windows) five years ago on my w95 box. It was like a gateway drug, I've been linux-only for the last four years :-))

cheers, wingo.

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Re: Uh uh kool uh
by Stof on Monday 20/May/2002, @14:52

I think KDE's slowness on Windows can only hurt KDE's image. We all know most Windows users are not that smart (and that's an understatement). When they notice KDE's slowness, they will only think "KDE is slow, KDE is Linux software, so Linux must suck."

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Re: Uh uh kool uh
by ac on Monday 20/May/2002, @16:08

What about GNOME's general suckiness? Could that hurt KDE's image? I think it's unfair too.

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Re: Uh uh kool uh
by Ranger Rick on Tuesday 21/May/2002, @13:42

Yeah, rootless will make this pretty usable -- it's great on OSX (http://www.befunk.com/~ranger/osx-kde/).

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KDE for OSX [Re: Uh uh kool uh]
by Anonymous on Tuesday 21/May/2002, @20:53

Great to hear you make big progress. And nice shots!

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Re: Uh uh kool uh
by J on Wednesday 22/May/2002, @06:53

Right. Additionally, the reason I would have is a little more contained within developer circles. Porting any software to another disparate operating system, such as the win32 platform, uncovers a lot of weaknesses that, when found and fixed, can make it run even faster and smoother on all platforms. For example, Habacker found that Unix Domain Sockets were heavily used and relied on for inter-process communication. These discoveries and more usually don't come without a some-what reworked port of a software package by a different set of people. Whether something is learned and applied to the HEAD branch ... well, good luck to Habacker and team!

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