[Fedora-marketing-list] Re: Fedora in numbers, kde defaults in future Fedora releases
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Sep 27 15:03:06 UTC 2006
Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:
> On 9/27/06, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
>> You betcha! (:
>>
>> Personally, I'm of the mind to go KISS (keep it simple, stupid) and
>> recommend going with kde default crystal(icon)/plastik(widgets).
>
> It depends simple for whom ?
I'm speaking in the context of look-n-feel, icons/widgets.
> I don't think our KDE is "Simple" with :
> - long Kmenu (2 menus which basically say the same thing, (e.g
> Administration and Settings)
Administration -> system administration.
Settings -> User-specific preferences
Not really the same thing, imo.
Besides, placement of apps in the menus is not a "KDE" thing, it's
controlled by the apps themselves via what
Categories=...
are listed in their .desktop files.
> - software confusion, 2 or more software which do the same thing (e.g
> kwrite, kate, kedit)
Not *exactly* the same thing. Each has different target audiences with
different feature-sets.
> It's hard, as an ambassador to convince people that you might use KDE
> with fedora.
> A screenshot of fedora's Kmenu is enough to frighten any newbie.
Regardless, imo, this discussion is quickly moving off-topic for
fedora-marketing. Followup on fedora-list.
-- Rex
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