Re: Window managers (was: XFCE for Debian JR)

["John Gay" <jgay@Celestica.com>]

Yes, Gnome is already in the Debian archives. KDE is available from a special
Debian-KDE site that can be easily added to your aptsource.list, I just don't
know where at the moment as I'm at a Windows box at work. I'll forward the URL
from home later. KDE is still separate from Debian because it originally had to
many licensing issues, but these have been worked out. It is available, I hear
for woody, but I don't know enough to be that bleeding edge. the Debian-KDE team
have KDE packages for Potato, which is where I am.

I agree with the general idea that different packages work differently and make
Linux appear more difficult, but I don't see how Gnome or KDE seem to improve
this. As Ben says, lets keep the focus on entertaining/educational packages for
the young and young at heart and let others take care of the rest of Debian.
There are plenty of teams working on various ways to improve Debian and by
picking and choosing between them, you can get everything you need.

Cheers,

     John Gay