Re: brasero requires gvfs
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:06:35 -0400
Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
> On 09/14/2014 01:00 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > By the way, if you wonder why I'm being so hard on KDE, these three
> > articles explain:
> >
> > http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm#_editors_desk
>
> I didn't read any further than this: Why excoriate KDE for one lousy
> email program?
All of KDEdom is hopelessly entangled. I'd known that for years. Way
back in 2002 I'd stopped using the KDE desktop because it brought older
or slightly anemic hardware to its knees, and it slowed even the best
of hardware. So I switched to IceWM but kept my other KDE programs.
As time went on, KDE program after KDE program screwed up and made my
computing experience less enjoyable. By 2006, the *only* reasons I kept
KDE libraries on my computer were Kmail and K3b, and I already knew how
to substitute wodim, mkisofs and growisofs for K3b, so as a practical
matter, the only thing that kept KDE libraries on my box 2006 through
2011 was Kmail. When Kmail became (unusable) Kmail2, I had zero reason
to keep any vestige of KDE on my computer, and removed it with KDE.
So in answer to your question, I had disliked (though not excoriated)
KDE for years before. The Krash of Kmail2 did two things: 1) Removed the
last excuse I had for KDE, and 2) Showcased a stunning example of the
consequences of monolithic entanglement.
> Yes, KMail did a number on me, back in the SuSE days of
> around 2002 or so. I haven't used it since. Thunderbird is nice. And
> I have been using KDE all along, and wouldn't trade it for any dumb
> excuse from Ubuntu!
If, by "dumb excuse from Ubuntu" you mean Unity, I'm not going to argue
with you. Such a choice would be the lesser of two evils. I use
Debian+Openbox on my desktop, and Ubuntu+LXDE on my laptops, and I'm
experimenting with OpenBSD+Xfce on my experimental machine. It will be
a long, long time, like when hell freezes over and pigs fly, before you
see me using KDE, Gnome, or Unity.
SteveT
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