Make kde 1st class in fedora

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Sat Nov 18 20:09:21 UTC 2006


Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton <pemboa <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> If you don't believe the quoted statement install Windows......you can
>> install several other browsers, text editors, media players
>> etc.....but if the link to the 'default' browser says Internet (or in
>> the case of gaim, 'Instant Messenger') then a large percentage of
>> users will _not_ benifit from having a choice.
> 
> I must say I hate that too. This stuff belongs into the GenericName field, not 
> the Name field. Of course, this means GNOME would have to be fixed to display 
> both Name and GenericName as KDE has done for years. (And KDE allows you to 
> configure it, so if you want just the name or just the GenericName, you can 
> have that.)

Amen to that.  As a matter of fact, I plan on bringing .desktop file
issues (like properly following the spec and respecting Name vs
GenericName) to the Fedora Packaging committee to get such nonsense stopped.

-- Rex




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