OK First off let me say I've been a Fedora user for about 5 years now. I love linux because it is so customizable. I despise the way some other os's try to control your computer if you choose to install them. Unfortunately I've seen the trend in recent years of many linux distros to try and "dumb down" their OS's. I don't know who to aim this gripe at. I am a KDE user BTW, I have loved it up until version 4. I believe there was another thread here talking about how features seem to be missing from 4 and I must say I agree on that one. One specific thing I've noticed, there was a control to disable the sound system in KDE 3.5. Now it seems that you can't disable your sound system, at least not through your KDE system settings. Another is the transparent konsole that has disappeared. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, and those features are buried somewhere. It seems to me like the developers are following along the mainstream view of how OS's should operate. I hate to see that. I suppose it is an effort to win more desktop users from the other OS's. I just want to say, don't forget about those of us who CAN and DO decide for themselves what is good for their own computers. Let us easily customize things, don't take away our options. Thanks. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list