Cutting Edge

[Mauricio Gomes]

OmniUni wrote:

> Looking over the recent editions of this list, I have noticed that in 
> many respects, fedora development is stuck in the past.
>
Which respects?  You only mention your personal preference of KDE.

> Fedora Core is supposed to be a cutting edge distro, and for the most 
> part, it is. As a community, however, we must not be afraid to bring 
> up new ideas to a distribution with so much a standardized history. 
> For Fedora to remain cutting edge, it must be willing to change. I am 
> a KDE user, and I am because I find it easier, faster, lighter, more 
> stable, more friendly, more cusomizable, more elegant, and more 
> powerful than GNOME. Will this change? perhaps. I used to like GNOME 
> better, but that changed when Sawfish changed to Metacity. (around RHL 
> 7.3-- 8.0 was metacity) Will requesting that Fedora become KDE based 
> instead of GNOME based be likely to make a major impact here? no. Is 
> it important that I request? yes. I do so, because it alerts the 
> developers to views of Feora Core's users. OpenSource must be about 
> Open Minds as well as free software. I am up to a lively discussion 
> about KDE vs. GNOME, and a friendly reminder that GNOME must remain 
> the focus of Fedora Core for now, but I certainly hope that I will not 
> get any responses that look down upon me for expressing my views.
>
> -OmniUni at gmail.com <mailto:OmniUni at gmail.com>

You preferring KDE over Gnome is personal opinion.  Fedora includes KDE 
and Gnome.  If a user thinks KDE is all those things you say it is, they 
can easily switch to it, or not install Gnome at all.  Selecting a 
default WM though hardly makes a distribution "cutting-edge."

Mauricio Gomes