On Friday 03 November 2006 07:56, Claude Jones wrote: >On Fri November 3 2006 6:30 am, Anne Wilson wrote: >> That's the biggest load of bs I have read in a long time. There are >> many reasons for preferring one over the other, all valid. Not all kde >> users are teenagers - I'm 66 - but that doesn't make us senile either. >> Linux us about choice - something you seem to have forgotten, along >> with your manners. > >just another puerile witling - what's the old saw about wrestling with > pigs? way back when, as first respondent to the OP, I was emphatic on > this point - no two people have the same set of criteria, use patterns, > or predilections - why should I care what little piece of software you > use on your computer? > >for that matter, why should I care what computer some else uses - the > video production list I belong to has its equivalent - mac vs pc - start > to say anything that even remotely compares the two, and they're off and > running > >every list I belong to seems to have its subset of testosterone laden >denizens, who swagger about, full of their strong opinions, seeking to >elevate themselves by putting down others - I used to get pissed off > about it - then I ran through the gamut of reactions over time - today, > I have arrived - I am bemused - > >if you get down in the mud and wrestle with pigs, you come up covered in > roo, I mean poo --- ;-) That may well be true Claude, but the fact remains that the stock answer from the official channels is still "use gnome" entirely too often when a kde related problem shows up and someone posts a question about it. This is particularly un-appetizing to those of who have built kde using konstruct and had the result work virtually flawlessly as I have. With that "use gnome" attitude having been so prevalent historicly, can you blame a few of us for running out of patience? I think not. Sometimes its the squeaky wheel that gets greased you know. So based on that theory, we do tend squeak a bit from time to time. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.