On 10/11/2009 10:18 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 21:01 -0400, David wrote: >> The applications have to be written in 'something'. These happen to be >> written in GTK. And my point was that that does not make Fedora a >> GNOME distribution. It appears to me that Fedora *chooses* to be a >> GNOME Desktop default distro. > > Well, the only thing the *have* to be written in is "something that > exposes the Linux API", (recalling that we're talking about system apps > here). The API defines the lowest common denominator, anything else is > an optional extra. However that's beside the point. > > I was trying to argue that Fedora is a Gnome distro based on such > considerations, but taking into account both your own and Rahul's (and > Marc's) comments I can see that this argument as such doesn't hold up. > > Nevertheless, it remains true that Fedora is a Gnome-based distro! Why? > Because it's all over the documentation. I doubt you'll find the phrase > "Fedora is a Gnome-based distro" anywhere in the docs, but the fact > remains that at every juncture where a DE is relevant to a system > administration function, it's assumed to be Gnome unless a specific > exception is made for KDE. This assumption permeates the entire Fedora > ecosystem. Once again, I'm not questioning that this should be so, I'm > simply stating it as a fact of life. > >> As for your personal feeling about GNOME? Your business. Your choice. > > I'm aware of that. I didn't bring it up. So your point is that Fedora is a a GNOME *based* distribution taken from the Docs? I would imagine that the 'GNOME thing' you see is a result of the Doc author being familiar with GNOME and not KDE. On the help list I often see someone ask for help and get it only to find out that the first user does not use the same desktop as the second. I am sure that Fedora would be more than happy if you volunteered to write these directions from a KDE point of view. You could ask. A source of help with this could be here. Welcome to KDE UserBase http://userbase.kde.org/ -- David
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